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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2  
    

    • BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his cabinet for the 3rd German-Dutch government consultations before the two leaders speak to reporters - 1030 GMT.
    • ROME - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Rome's ancient Colosseum during his trip to Italy - 1430 GMT.
    • TOKYO - Prime Minister of Samoa Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi and his spouse Gillian Muriel Malielegaoi visits Japan (to Oct. 6).

    HANOI - Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith visits Vietnam (to Oct 3). MUNICH – 186th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct. 6).

    CAPE TOWN, LILONGWE - Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, will tour southern Africa from the Sept. 23 to Oct. 2, and will stop in South Africa, Malawi, Botswana and Angola. (final day)

    MOSCOW - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte visits Russia (to Oct 5).

    MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Secretary General of OPEC Mohammed Barkindo in Moscow.

    MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting with Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins give joint news conference after holding a meeting - 1445 GMT VATICAN, Vatican City - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Pope Francis on the sidelines of a symposium at the Vatican

    ROME - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio. BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Mark Rutte, prime minister of the Netherlands, for bilateral talks in Berlin. - 1030 GMT GUINEA – 61st anniversary of independence from France.

    GLOBAL - International day of non-violence. WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Finland President Sauli Niinistö at the White House. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan meets with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and business communities before departing for London.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 
    

    • SOCHI, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte.
    • SOCHI, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with King Abdallah II of Jordan in Sochi.

    HAVANA - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will pay a visit to Cuba (to Oct 4). JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari visits South Africa - 0800 GMT DELHI – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit India (to Oct. 6).

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 
    

    • HAVANA - Russian Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev meets Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to discuss cooperation.

    OHRID, North Macedonia - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits North Macedonia. GREECE - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Greece. HANOI - Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen visits Vietnam.

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 
    

    ATHENS - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. GLOBAL - World teachers' day.

    SAN FRANCISCO – 8th death anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

    ABU DHABI - Election for Emirati Federal National Council.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 
    

    LISBON - Election for Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.

    TUNIS - Election for Tunisian Constituent Assembly.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 
    

    • BELGRADE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Serbia (to Oct. 9). JAKARTA - Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte meets Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo during a 5-day trip to Asia. MOSCOW - 13th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. BAGHDAD - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Iraq (to Oct.08). LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Oct. 8)
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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 
    

    AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte meets New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern during a 5-day trip to Asia. NUR-SULTAN – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Kazakhstan & hold talks with his Kazakh colleague Beibut Atamkulov. (to Oct-9)

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 
    

    • CANBERRA, Australia - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte meets Australian counterpart Scott Morrison during a visit to Australia.
    • AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte meets New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern.

    SYDNEY - Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte visits Australia and meets Australian counterpart Scott Morrison (to Oct 11). GLOBAL - World post day. LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 
    

    GLOBAL - World mental health day.

    GLOBAL - World day against death penalty.

    GLOBAL - World sight day.

    FIJI – 49th anniversary of independence. RIYADH - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Saudi Arabia.

    REYKJAVIK - U.S. Energy Secretary Perry to speak at Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik (to Oct. 13). ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – The CIS Council of Foreign Ministers will meet in Ashgabat. LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 
    

    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. 13).

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 
    

    BALI - 17th anniversary of Bali bombings.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 
    

    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 
    

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

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 
    

    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 
    

    GLOBAL - World food day.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 
    

    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 
    

    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 
    

    SOCHI - Russia hosts Russia-Africa summit co-chaired by President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 
    

    BUENOS AIRES - Election for Argentinian Chamber of Deputies.

    BUENOS AIRES - Election for Argentinian Senate.

    BUENOS AIRES - Election for President.

    PORT-AU-PRINCE - Election for Haitian Senate.

    PORT-AU-PRINCE - Election for Haitian Chamber of Deputies.

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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			  
    

    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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    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 
    

    BUDAPEST - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Hungary.

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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 
    

    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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    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 
    
    • 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.
    • BRUSSELS - EU trade ministers meet in Brussels. - - - - - - - - -

    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15

    SANTIAGO - China's President Xi Jinping in an official visit to Chile meets Chile's President Sebastian Pinera.

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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 
    

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

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 
    

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