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** BRUSSELS - Portuguese foreign minister Joao Gomes Cravinho, will accompany the Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on his State visit to the Kingdom of Belgium (To Oct. 20)
** RIYADH - Singapore Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong will make an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) at the invitation of Saudi Crown Prince and PM His Royal Highness Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud (To Oct. 20)
** BEIJING - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make a working visit to Beijing to attend the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (To Oct. 18)
** BEIRUT - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan holds talks with his Lebanese counterpart in Beirut with attention focused on Israel and its offensive against Hamas militants.
** BEIJING - Russian President Vladimir Putin travels to China for talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and also to take part in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum.
** STRASBOURG, France - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan makes a speech to EU lawmakers in Strasbourg. - 0930 GMT ALGIERS – Finland State Secretary Lauri Tierala will represent Finland at the Nordic-African Foreign Ministers' Meeting (NAFM) in Algeria. (To Oct. 18) PRAGUE - European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova and Moldova's President Maia Sandu visits Prague to speak at Forum 2000 conference, meet Czech counterpart Petr Pavel. (final day) HANOI - Indian foreign minister Jaishankar arrives in Hanoi for a three-day visit to Vietnam. He will meet his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son and jointly chair a Vietnam-India committee meeting. (to Oct. 18). 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 (final day). BEIJING - Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to visit China. (To Oct. 19) BEIJING - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Beijing and hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. (To Oct. 18) BEIJING - Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin visits China. (To Oct. 19) BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Jordan's King Abdullah for talks at Berlin's chancellery before the two leaders speak to reporters, with the focus expected on the Middle East conflict - 0710 GMT. JERUSALEM - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to Israel. BRUSSELS - EU leaders hold emergency summit by video conference to establish a common EU position on the Middle East crisis - 1530 GMT. 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.
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** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas at the Elysee Palace in Paris - 1000 GMT BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum (BRF) in Beijing to mark 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. BRUSSELS - European Parliament debates EU leaders summit on Oct 26-27 with representatives from the European Council and European Commission - 0830 GMT. PYONGYANG, North Korea - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits North Korea. (to Oct. 19).
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19
** CAPE TOWN - South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa will host their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Kingdom of Netherlands on a State Visit.
RIYADH - Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. departs for ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh. (to Oct. 20) 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)
- - - - - - - - - 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.
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- ABU DHABI - Singapore Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong will make an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the invitation of UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (To Oct. 22)
- - - - - - - - - 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 26** GENEVA - The dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) holds a meeting. - 1200 GMT BRUSSELS - European Council meeting. (To Oct. 27)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28OSAKA, Japan - G7 Trade Ministers gather in Osaka-Sakai to attend two-day meetings and have discussion over trade. (to Oct. 29).
- - - - - - - - - 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.
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** TOKYO - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa hosts her G7 counterparts in Tokyo (to November 8).
- - - - - - - - - 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 30DUBAI - The United nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) takes place in Dubai (to December 12) BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7BRUSSELS, Belgium - Euro zone finance ministers meet on draft budget plans for 2024
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers meet to discuss changes to the EU's fiscal rules on debt and deficit reduction - 0800 GMT
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** EGYPT - Egyptian Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14GENEVA - WTO general council meets in Geneva
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15BRUSSELS - EU leaders attend a summit in Brussels.
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** CHILE - Chile Referendum Election.
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** DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC National Assembly Election.
** DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC Presidency Election.
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