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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 
    

    • ASHABAT - Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will pay a working visit to Turkmenistan (final day).
    • BRUSSELS - European Union's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and UK Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay meet in Brussels to discuss a way out of the negotiating impasse ahead of Britain's departure date on Oct.31 - 0700 GMT.
    • NICOSIA - European Council President Donald Tusk visits Cyprus - 0730 GMT.

    ATHENS - President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev to attend the summit meeting of the heads of State of the Arraiolos Group (final day).

    NEW DELHI - Foreign Minister of Thailand Don Pramudwinai arrived on Wednesday for a three-day visit to India aimed at boosting bilateral relations (final day).

    SINGAPORE - 18th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation(AMMSTI-18) (final day).

    SYDNEY - Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte visits Australia and meets Australian counterpart Scott Morrison (final day).

    REYKJAVIK - U.S. Energy Secretary Perry to speak at Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik (to Oct. 13). ISTANBUL - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg travels to Istanbul, will meet with senior Turkish leaders - 1030 GMT.

    STRBSKE PLESO, Slovakia - European Council President Donald Tusk visits Slovakia, where he will make a speech at the end of the first day of a summit hosted by think tank GLOBSEC - 1800 GMT. MAMALLAPURAM, TAMIL NADU, India - Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Indian Prime Minister during a two-day long summit in the southern state of Tamil Nadu (to Oct 13). STRBSKE PLESO, Slovakia - Slovakian Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, Slovakian central bank governor and member of the ECB governing council Peter Kazimir, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Vice-President of the European Commission for the Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis, European Investment Bank Vice-President Vazil Hudak will speak at the annual Tatra Summit conference (to Oct. 12).

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 
    

    • MAMALLAPURAM, India - President of China Xi Jinping and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi to have discussions over lunch.
    • KATHMANDU - President of China Xi Jinping arrives in Nepal.

    BALI - 17th anniversary of Bali bombings.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 
    

    RIYADH - Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan to visit Saudi Arabia.

    PARIS - President of France Emmanuel Macron meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Elysee to discuss European matters ahead of next week's crucial EU Summit.

    KATHMANDU - Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Nepal and meets Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

    GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.

    SAN JOSE, Chile – 9th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine. Poland - Polish Senate election. Poland - Election for Polish Sejm.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 
    

    NEW DELHI - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima to embark on a five-day visit to India on the invitation of Indian President Ram Nath Kovind (to Oct. 18). RIYADH - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Saudi Arabia.

    ISLAMABAD - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Pakistan (to Oct. 18). LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting SANTIAGO – APEC finance ministers' meeting (to Oct. 15).

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 
    

    • ABU DHABI - President of Russia Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

    GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day.

    GLOBAL - International day of rural women. LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council (Art. 50) meeting MAPUTO - Election for President.

    MAPUTO - Election for Mozambican Assembly.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 
    

    • RIGA - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will pay an official visit to Latvia.
    • TOULOUSE, France - President of France Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel attend a Franco-German joint cabinet meeting in Toulouse - 1200 GMT. BRUSSELS - The presidents of the European Council and the European Commission – Donald TUSK and Jean-Claude Juncker, Nicos Anastasiades (Cyprus), Boyko Borissov (Bulgaria), Klaus Iohannis (Romania), Krisjanis Kariņs (Latvia), Angela Merkel (Germany), Kyriakos Mitsotakis (Greece), Andrej Plenkovic (Croatia), and Leo Varadkar (Ireland) have been invited - 1030 GMT.

    GLOBAL - World food day.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 
    

    GIBRALTAR - Gibraltarian parliament election.

    GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty. BRUSSELS - EU European Council meeting (to Oct. 18)

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 
    

    JERUSALEM – Eight anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 
    

    TRIPOLI – Eight anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Senators election

    Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Deputies election Bolivia – President election

    BERN - Referendum election.

    BERN - Election for Swiss National Council.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 
    

    OTTAWA - Election for Canadian House of Commons.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 
    

    BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jeans Stoltenberg holds a news conference ahead of a two-day meeting of the military alliance's defence ministers. LIBYA – Eight anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.

    VAN, Turkey – Eight anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.

    Botswana - Botswana National Assembly election.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 
    

    BRUSSELS - NATO Defence ministers meet in Brussels (to Oct. 25). SOCHI - Russia hosts Russia-Africa summit co-chaired by President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 
    

    SYDNEY - Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama to attend dinner in Sydney.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 
    

    URUGUAY – President election. URUGUAY - Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives election. OMAN - Omani Consultative Assembly election. BUENOS AIRES - Election for Argentinian Chamber of Deputies.

    BUENOS AIRES - Election for Argentinian Senate.

    BUENOS AIRES - Election for President.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29 
    

    GREECE - European and Arab officials meet in Athens to discuss issues ranging from climate change to migration and sustainable development. (to Oct 30).

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31			  
    

    BANGKOK – ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (to Nov 4). ISTANBUL, Turkey - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will visit Turkey.

    BANGKOK - Leaders from Southeast and East Asian nations gather in Bangkok to attend the 35th ASEAN Summit and related summits before handing over the chairmanship to Vietnam (to Nov. 4). LONDON - UK Speaker of the House John Bercow will step down on 31-Oct-2019.

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 
    

    ATHENS - Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Greece.

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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 
    

    GENEVA - OECD Economic Survey Switzerland 2019

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    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 
    

    BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. BUDAPEST - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Hungary.

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. SANTIAGO, Chile - Heads of states from participants in the year-long Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum gather for final meeting (to Nov 17).

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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 
    

    WASHINGTON D.C. - President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan to pay an official visit to Washington and meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 
    

    HAVANA - Spain's King Felipe and Queen Letizia begin their first state visit to Cuba where they will attend the celebrations of Havana's 500 years of founding.

    BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting. SANTIAGO - China's President Xi Jinping in an official visit to Chile meets Chile's President Sebastian Pinera.

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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17 
    

    • WELLINGTON - Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall visit New Zealand (to Nov. 23).

    BELARUS - Belarusian Chamber of Representatives election.

    SRI LANKA -Referendum election.

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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 
    

    BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 
    

    BANGKOK – Pope Francis will visit Thailand (to Nov. 23)

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    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 
    

    BANGKOK - Pope Francis meets Thai king Vajiralongkorn during his official visit to Thailand.

    BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting. BANGKOK - Pope Francis attends welcome ceremony by Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and will give a speech on the second day of his visit.

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 
    

    NAGOYA, Japan - Japan hosts a two-day meeting of G20 Foreign Ministers in Nagoya (to Nov. 23).

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    SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 
    

    TOKYO – Pope Francis will visit Japan, during which time he will go to Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as Tokyo (to Nov 26).

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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 
    

    TOKYO - Pope Francis departs for Nagasaki to speak at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park and hold a Holy Mass - 2200 GMT. TOKYO - Pope Francis arrives in Tokyo from Hiroshima ahead of his Tokyo agenda, including meeting Emperor Naruhito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - 1310 GMT. SWITZERLAND – Referendum election.

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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 
    

    TOKYO - Pope Francis meets Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, authorities, and the Diplomatic Corps at the prime minister's office. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting.

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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 
    

    VILNIUS - President of Ukrain Volodymyr Zelensky to visit Lithuania.

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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 
    

    NAMIBIA – Referendum election. NAMIBIA - Namibian National Assembly election.

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