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- CAIRO - Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim arrived for a two-day working visit to Egypt. (Final day)
- TOKYO - Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark will pay a visit to Japan. (To Oct. 26)
- TEHRAN - The foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey and Russia are to meet their counterparts from Azerbaijan and Armenia in Tehran and discuss progress towards a peace agreement between the two South Caucasus neighbours. RIYADH/DOHA - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will make state visits to Saudi Arabia and Qatar. (To Oct. 26) LUXEMBOURG - 20th meeting of the EU - Kazakhstan Cooperation Council - 1500 GMT.
WASHINGTON 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.
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- BEIJING - Colombian President Gustavo Petro will visit China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (To Oct. 26)
- VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov speak to reporters following their closed door talks in Vienna – 1510 GMT.
- BERLIN - German president Frank Walter Steinmeier receives Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal – 1145 GMT.
- STOCKHOLM - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson hold news conference – 1100 GMT.
- BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal open Ukraine-German business forum, Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Svyrydenko also attending – 0900 GMT.
BISHEK - Chinese Premier Li Qiang will attend the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and pay an official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic (To Oct. 27)
STOCKHOLM - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to visit Sweden (To Oct. 25)
ROME - Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Italy and Lebanon energy (or petroleum) ministers attend energy conference. STOCKHOLM - 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 25BRUSSELS - EU Global Gateway Forum 2023. (To Oct. 26). PARIS - 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 26GENEVA - 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)
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- BEIJING - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit China to meet with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in a bid to stabilise relations with the country's biggest trading partner. (To Nov. 7)
TEHRAN – 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 6SEVILLA, SPAIN - Informal meeting of European ministers responsible for space (To Nov. 7)
COPENHAGEN - 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7TOKYO - 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
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10EGYPT - Egyptian Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 11BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14BRUSSELS - European Council (To Nov. 15)
GENEVA - WTO general council meets in Geneva
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15BRUSSELS - EU leaders attend a summit in Brussels.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17CHILE - Chile Referendum Election.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC National Assembly Election.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Congo DRC Presidency Election.
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