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- CAIRO - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will pay an official visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt. (To Oct. 14)
- BERLIN - Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel give press conference - 0645 GMT.
- ATHENS - South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo visits Greece and meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis - 0900 GMT.
- STOCKHOLM - North European, Baltic leaders meet in Sweden to discuss security cooperation. The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) is a regional defence cooperation between ten northern European countries: Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom - 1200 GMT.
- HANOI - Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar arrives in Hanoi for a 3-day visit to Vietnam. He will meet his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son and jointly chair a Vietnam-India committee meeting (To Oct. 17).
- AMMAN - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Qatar.
- JERUSALEM - European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyen and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will visit Israel.
- JERUSALEM - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will travel to Israel.
RIYADH - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Saudi Arabia BANGKOK - Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa will pay a working visit to Thailand. (Final Day) 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) 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 (Final Day) 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. (Final Day)
MARRAKESH, Morocco - Annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Fall meetings. (To Oct. 15)
BEIJING - EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell to visit China. (To Oct 14) 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 14
** ABU DHABI - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the UAE. AUSTRALIA – Australia Referendum Election.
WELLINGTON - New Zealand House of Representatives Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15
** BEIJING - Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to visit China. (To Oct 19) BISHKEK - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 16
** PRAGUE - Moldova's President Maia Sandu visits Prague to speak at Forum 2000 conference, meet Czech counterpart Petr Pavel - 0730 GMT. 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.
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** BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pakistan Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar will undertake a visit to China to participate in the ‘Third Belt and Road Forum (BRF) for International Cooperation’, being held in Beijing (To Oct. 18) TIRANA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19VALENCIA, 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)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20TOKYO - 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)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29OMAN - 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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