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- NEW DELHI - Indian foreign secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra holds a news conference on the eve of the G20 leaders' summit - 0900 GMT.
- NEW DELHI - European Council President Charles Michel to hold press briefing ahead of G20 Summit - 0430 GMT.
- BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck holds talks with his Israeli counterpart, Nir Barkat in Berlin - 0555 GMT. ANKARA - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria Ahmed Attaf will visit Turkey. (Final day)
VENICE, Italy – 80th Venice International Film Festival (To Sept 9)
JAKARTA/NEW DELHI - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit Indonesia and India to attend the ASEAN and G20 summit. (To Sept. 10) TAIPEI CITY - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visits Eswatini. (Final day)
DHAKA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to visit Dhaka before leaving for the G20 summit in New Delhi on the next day. Lavrov will be the first Russian Foreign Minister to visit the south Asian country. During his visit, he will meet the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (Final day)
NEW DELHI - U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to India on a four-day visit to attend the G20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi. (To Sept. 10)
TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2023. (To Sept. 17)
NEW DELHI - G20 finance and energy ministers meet (Final day).
NEW DELHI - Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hold a news conference on the eve of the G20 Leaders' Summit
MANILA - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during his official visit to the Philippines and is expected to hold a joint statement after the meeting - 0100 GMT.
BOGOTA - Mexican President Lopez Obrador to visit Colombia, where he will meet with Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia (To Sept 9).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
- NEW DELHI - G20 leaders participate in the first plenary session, themed "One Earth", at New Delhi summit.
- LAGOS - Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu attends the G20 summit in India to try to promote foreign investment in Africa's largest economy and mobilize global capital to develop infrastructure (To Sep. 10).
- NEW DELHI - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to attend the G20 summit in India. NEW DELHI - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit India. (To Sept. 10)
MALE - Maldivian Presidency Election.
NEW DELHI - G20 leaders' summit in New Delhi (To Sept 10).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
- LUSAKA - Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema will visit China from Sunday, bringing the indebted African country's long-running struggle to restructure its external debt to its biggest creditor's door. (To Sep. 15) HANOI - U.S. president Joe Biden is in Hanoi for a 2-day visit to upgrade ties with Vietnam to a strategic partnership, or higher. (To Sept. 11)
SANTIAGO - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will visit Chile, where he will meet with President Gabriel Boric. (To Sept. 11)
MOSCOW - Russia holds VIII Eastern Economic Forum.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11BRUSSELS - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender meet King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium on the sidelines of the 19th summit of the heads of state of the German-speaking countries in Brussels – 1300 GMT.
DHAKA - French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh, after attending the G20 summit in New Delhi. ROETHENBACH, Germany - The defence ministers of Germany, Estonia and Latvia visit the German arms maker Diehl in the Bavarian town of Roethenbach - 0800 GMT.
UNITED STATES – 22nd anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
- CZECH REPUBLIC - South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck Soo meets Czech counterpart Petr Fiala - 0930 GMT. ABU DHABI - Philippines' economic managers including the central bank deputy governor, and ministers of finance, budget and economic planning hold Philippine Economic Briefing in Dubai - 0500 GMT. EUPEN, BRUSSELS - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender meet King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium on the sidelines of the 19th summit of the heads of state of the German-speaking countries in Eupen.
DUBLIN - UK to host Northern Ireland investment summit (To Sept 13)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13BRUSSELS - EU Commission head Ursula von der Leyen delivers her annual state of the union speech – 0700 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
- OSLO - The NATO chiefs of defence will gather in Oslo for their annual Military Committee Conference (To Sep. 17). SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain – Eurogroup Meeting.
GLOBAL - International Day of Democracy.
GUATEMALA – 202nd anniversary of Independence.
EL SALVADOR – 202nd anniversary of Independence.
COSTA RICA – 202nd anniversary of Independence.
HONDURAS – 202nd anniversary of Independence.
NICARAGUA – 202nd anniversary of Independence.
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain - EU informal minister economic and financial affairs meeting (To Sept 16).
HAVANA - Heads of state and government of G77+China group gather in Havana for summit. (To Sept. 16)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16HAVANA - Members of G77+China group gather in Havana for summit.
WASHINGTON D.C./BEIJING - Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will leave for a ten-day official visit to the US and China. (To Sep 25)
MUNICH, Germany - 188th Munich Oktoberfest. (To Oct. 3)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17WASHINGTON D.C. - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit the United States to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. (To Sept 21)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19NEW YORK CITY - World leaders gather for the 78th annual United Nations General Assembly. (To Sept. 26)
GENEVA - World Trade Organization's dispute settlement body holds a meeting.
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20PARIS - King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit France. (To Sept. 22)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22MARSEILLE, France - Pope Francis departs Rome for two-day trip to Marseille. (To Sept. 23)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23MARSEILLE, France - Pope Francis meets French President Emmanuel Macron after the Mediterranean meetings, at the Pharo Palace - 0800 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 50th anniversary of Independence from Portugal.
BERLIN – BMW Berlin Marathon.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25VIENNA - IAEA 67th General Conference. (To Sept. 29)
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27MURCIA, Spain - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council meeting (To Sept 28)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Council President Charles Michel are among those who will take part in the Berlin Global Dialogue, which will bring together 300 global policy and business leaders to discuss the future of the global economy.
BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting.
GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29ESWATINI - Eswatini holds parliamentary elections
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30SLOVAKIA - Slovakian National Council Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1GLOBAL - International day of older persons.
ABUJA - Nigeria to celebrate its 63rd year of independence.
CHINA – 74th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 2JAKARTA - Second ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting and Related Meetings. (To Oct. 4)
GUINEA – 65th anniversary of independence from France.
GLOBAL - International Day of Non-violence.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day.
SAN FRANCISCO – 12th death anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
MEXICO CITY - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Mexico to discuss security and arms trafficking.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7MOSCOW - 17th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8PRAGUE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and some of his ministers visit Prague for a joint session with the Czech government. (To Oct. 10)
LUXEMBOURG - Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 9GLOBAL - World Post Day.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10GLOBAL - World mental health day.
GLOBAL - World Day against death penalty.
FIJI – 53rd anniversary of independence.
MONROVIA - Liberian House of Representatives Election.
MONROVIA - Liberian President Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from NATO countries attend a two day meeting in Brussels (To Oct. 13).
GLOBAL - World Sight Day.
BALI – 21st anniversary of Bali bombings.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will present his government's 2024 budget in parliament.
GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
SAN JOSE, Chile – 13th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14AUSTRALIA – Australia Referendum Election.
WELLINGTON - New Zealand House of Representatives Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15WARSAW - Polish Referendum Election.
GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day.
GLOBAL - International day of rural women.
WARSAW - Polish Senate Election.
WARSAW - Polish Parliamentary Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 16GLOBAL - World food day.
LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup Meeting
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18JERUSALEM – 12th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Oct 20)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20TRIPOLI – 12th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22BERN - Swiss Council of States Election.
BERN - Swiss National Council Election.
BUENOS AIRES - Argentinian Presidency Election.
BUENOS AIRES - Argentinian Senate Election.
BUENOS AIRES - Argentinian Chamber of Deputies Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 23WASHINGTON DC - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to the United States. (To Oct 26)
GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Trade Organization (WTO) holds a meeting with ministers and deputy ministers.
LIBYA – 11th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.
VAN, Turkey – 11th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Anthony Albanese, prime minister of Australia, for a visit, which will include state dinner.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Tripartite Social Summit.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26BRUSSELS - European Council meeting. (To Oct. 27)
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