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-------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events-------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12
** TBILISI - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban hold joint news conference on day two of Orban's visit to Georgia.
** MARRAKECH, MOROCCO - Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek speaks at an event of the Institute of International Finance on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Marrakech, Morocco - 0800 GMT.
** AMMAN - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets Jordan's King Abdullah in Amman to discuss the last escalation between Israel and Hamas.
** MUSCAT / CAIRO - Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis is paying a working visit to Oman and Egypt. (Final day)
** SEPANG, Malaysia - Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will pay a working visit to Malaysia. (Final day)
** BANGKOK - Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa will pay a working visit to Thailand. (To Oct 13) PARIS - President of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa pays state visit to France at the invitation of President of France Emmanuel Macron. (To Oct. 14) MARRAKECH, Morocco - Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to embark on a six-day visit to Morocco to attend World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meeting, along with the G20 FMCBG (Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors) meeting. (To Oct 15) COLOMBO - Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to visit Sri Lanka to attend the council of ministers' meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) and to hold bilateral meetings with the leadership in Colombo. (To Oct. 12) COLOMBO - Malaysian Foreign Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir undertakes official visit to Sri Lanka. (Final day)
ROME / PARIS - Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on official visit to Italy and France. (Final day) HONG KONG/ BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN/ KUALA LUMPUR/ SINGAPORE - Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin to pay official visits to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia and the Republic of Singapore. (Final day) NEW YORK/BOSTON - Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies of Singapore, Heng Swee Keat, will make a working visit to New York and Boston (To Oct. 13) WASHINGTON DC - Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will visit Arizona, New York and Washington DC. (To Oct. 15) MARRAKESH, Morocco - British finance minister Jeremy Hunt is due to travel to the IMF summit in Marrakesh. (To Oct. 13)
MARRAKESH, Morocco - Annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Fall meetings. (To Oct. 15) BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from NATO countries attend a two-day meeting in Brussels (Final day). SINGAPORE - Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin visits Singapore. BANGKOK - Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with her Thai counterpart Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara during the former's official visit to Thailand.
BEIJING - EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson gives speech at EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform event and holds press conference in Beijing to discuss outcome of the EU-China Energy Dialogue - 0930 GMT.
PARIS - French Emmanuel President Macron meets Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh at the Elysee Palace in Paris. BEIJING - EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell to visit China. (To Oct 14) BERLIN - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck gives a keynote at the Foreign Trade Days event at the Economy Ministry in Berlin. – 1300 GMT BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Berlin.
WASHINGTON DC - Finland's foreign minister Elina Valtonen to visit Washington DC. BISHKEK - Russian President Vladimir Putin will make an official visit to Kyrgyzstan.
BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Berlin – 0700 GMT.
GIBRALTAR - Gibraltar Parliamentary election.
GLOBAL - World Sight Day.
BALI – 21st anniversary of Bali bombings.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13** AMMAN - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinkin in Amman to discuss the Hamas-Israel war, a day after he met Israeli officials in Tel Aviv.
** MAPUTO/KINSHASA - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Eni Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi will visit Mozambique and Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday and Saturday.(To Oct. 14)
** DAMASCUS - Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian travels to Damascus on Friday in light of the violence between Israel and Gaza.
** NEW YORK CITY, United States - The United Nations Security Council will meet to discuss the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.
** BISHKEK - President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to visit Bishkek to attend CIS Summit.
** BISHKEK - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to visit Bishkek to attend CIS Summit. BISHEK - Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders from the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) take part in a summit in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek. MARRAKECH, MORROCO - IMF's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, European Central bank's President Christine Lagarde, World Trade Organisation's Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Morocco's finance minister Nadia Fettah are among speakers at an IMF's debate about the global economy - 1300 GMT.
BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Peruvian President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra with military honors in Berlin - 1200 GMT.
KUALA 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 – Thirteenth 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 15BISHKEK - Presidents of Belarus and Russia, Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin, will meet in Kyrgyzstan.
ECUADOR - Ecuadorian presidential election.
WARSAW - Polish referendum.
GLOBAL - United Nation's World Hand-washing Day.
GLOBAL - International Day of Rural Women.
WARSAW - Polish senate election.
WARSAW - Polish parliamentary election.
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** LUXEMBOURG (CITY) - European Union countries' climate ministers meet on Monday to decide what the 27-country EU will fight for at this year's UN COP28 climate summit. BEIJING - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Beijing and hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. (To Oct. 18) BERLIN - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Jordan's King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein in Berlin - 1500 GMT. BEIJING - Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin visits China. (To Oct. 19)
GLOBAL - World Food Day.
LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TIRANA - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Tirana. OTTOWA - Canadian President Justin Trudeau will co-chair alongside the chair of the Caribbean's regional CARICOM bloc, Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, a summit intended to strengthen ties. Talks should cover climate change, SIDS financing and the crisis in Haiti (To Oct. 19)
GLOBAL - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18RIYADH - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Saudi Arabia (To Oct. 19)
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** VALENCIA, Spain - EU's executive vice-president and commissioner for Trade, Valdis Dombrovskis, presides over EU informal trade ministers meeting in Valencia (To Oct. 20) VALENCIA, Spain - EU informal meeting of trade ministers. (To Oct. 20)
LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Oct. 20)
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** TOKYO - The governments of Japan and Australia are set to hold the "two-plus-two" ministerial talks between top diplomatic and defence officials in Tokyo. WASHINGTON DC - EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Charles Michel visit the United States and meet U.S. President Joe Biden for an EU-U.S. summit. WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Charles Michel, president of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, at the White House.
WASHINGTON DC – EU-U.S. summit.
TRIPOLI – Twelfth anniversary of the capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22SWITZERLAND - Swiss National Council election.
BERN - Swiss Council of States election.
BUENOS AIRES - Argentinian presidential 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 – Eleventh anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.
VAN, Turkey – Eleventh anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24STOCKHOLM - First day of French President Emanuel Macron's two-day state visit to Sweden. (To Oct. 25)
LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25PARIS - OECD Economic Surveys: Spain 2023.
WASHINGTON 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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** OMAN - Omani Consultative Assembly Election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31NAIROBI - Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Kenya for a state visit. (To Nov. 3)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TEHRAN – Forth-fourth anniversary of U.S. embassy takeover. In 1979, Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and captured 90 hostages; 52 were held captive for 444 days.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6COPENHAGEN - The Spanish King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano visit Denmark accompanied by the Spanish minister for foreign affairs (To Nov. 8) MUNICH, Germany - Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit will pay an official visit to Germany. (To Nov. 9)
GLOBAL – International day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9MADAGASCAR - Malagasy presidential election.
BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12SAN FRANCISCO, United States - US hosts APEC leaders' meeting (to Nov. 18) GLOBAL - World Pneumonia Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13YANGON, Myanmar – 12th anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14GLOBAL – World Diabetes Day.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15GENEVA - State visit of French President Emmanuel Macron in Switzerland (to Nov. 16). GLOBAL – World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day.
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting. GLOBAL - International day for tolerance.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17GLOBAL - World Prematurity Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18VUKOVAR, Croatia – Thirty-second anniversary of the Vukovar massacre. On Nov. 18, 1991, Serb militia and Yugoslav army troops who refused to accept Croatia's independence captured the once prosperous, ethnically mixed town on the banks of the Danube, after reducing it to rubble in a brutal three-month siege.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19GLOBAL - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20MARSHALL ISLANDS - Marshallese Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22NETHERLANDS - Dutch Second Chamber election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25GLOBAL – International day for Elimination of Violence Against Women.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26MUMBAI, India - Fifteenth anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on Nov. 26, 2008, lasted nearly three days, and left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TEHRAN, Iran – Twelfth anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry over Britain's unilateral sanctions.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting.
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