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---------------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events---------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15
- ISLAMABAD - Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, and the Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine, to visit Pakistan (to Oct 18).
- RIYADH - Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan to visit Saudi Arabia.
- NEW YORK CITY, United States - Interview with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on India's economy, global trade - 0230 GMT
- TIRANA - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to visit Tirana - 1530 GMT BAKU - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrives in Azerbaijan for Turkic Council summit (final day). 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). ISLAMABAD - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Pakistan (to Oct. 18). SANTIAGO – APEC finance ministers' meeting (final day). BERLIN - Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg for bilateral talks at the chancellery in Berlin - 0930 GMT RIGA - Prime Minister of Belgium Charles Michel to visit Latvia and meet with the Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins to discuss bilateral questions, international affairs, EU and NATO matters. - 1055 GMT 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16RIGA - 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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- MANILA - India's President Ram Nath Kovind to visit the Philippines (to Oct 21). GIBRALTAR - Gibraltarian parliament election.
GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty. BRUSSELS - EU European Council meeting (to Oct. 18)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18JERUSALEM – Eight anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20TRIPOLI – 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 21
- TOKYO - India's President Ram Nath Kovind to visit Japan (to Oct 23). OTTAWA - Election for Canadian House of Commons. - - - - - - - - -
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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24BRUSSELS - 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25SYDNEY - Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama to attend dinner in Sydney.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27URUGUAY – 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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- BRUSSELS - Vice-president of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis to speak at event in Brussels along with managing director of the ESM Klaus Regling - 1300 GMT GREECE - European and Arab officials meet in Athens to discuss issues ranging from climate change to migration and sustainable development. (to Oct 30).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31BANGKOK – 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ATHENS - Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Greece.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4GENEVA - OECD Economic Survey Switzerland 2019
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. BUDAPEST - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Hungary.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11BRUSSELS – 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).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13WASHINGTON D.C. - President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan to pay an official visit to Washington and meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15HAVANA - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17WELLINGTON - Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall visit New Zealand (to Nov. 23).
BELARUS - Belarusian Chamber of Representatives election.
SRI LANKA -Referendum election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20BANGKOK – Pope Francis will visit Thailand (to Nov. 23)
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21BANGKOK - 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22NAGOYA, Japan - Japan hosts a two-day meeting of G20 Foreign Ministers in Nagoya (to Nov. 23).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23TOKYO – Pope Francis will visit Japan, during which time he will go to Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as Tokyo (to Nov 26).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24TOKYO - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25TOKYO - Pope Francis to meet Japanese Emperor Naruhito 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26VILNIUS - President of Ukrain Volodymyr Zelensky to visit Lithuania.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27NAMIBIA – Referendum election. NAMIBIA - Namibian National Assembly election.
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- VIENNA - 177th Meeting of the OPEC Conference - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6
- VIENNA - 7th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting
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