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---------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events---------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, OCT. 8
- MADRID - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will travel to Madrid and hold meetings with the King of Spain, Felipe VI, and the President of the Government of the Kingdom of Spain, Pedro Sánchez.
- MADRID - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation José Manuel Albares Bueno, the Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles, and senior Spanish officials.
- MEXICO CITY - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
- ANKARA - Turkish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Sedat Onal and Iran's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani meet to discuss bilateral relations, regional and international issues.
- KAUNAS, Lithuania - Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas meet in Lithuania.
- ANKARA - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia visits Turkey for talks with Turkish officials on bilateral relations and regional developments (to Oct 10).
- BEIRUT - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian will hold a news conference in Beirut.
- KYIV - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Ukraine, meets Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba.
- MADRID - Spain´s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, meets NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg – 1015 GMT.
- BOGOTA - The presidents of Colombia Iván Duque Márquez, Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, Bolivia Luis Arce, Ecuador Guillermo Lasso, Guyana Irfaan Ali, Peru Pedro Castillo and Suriname Chan Santokhi, as well as the United Kingdom's environment minister George Eustice participate in the third presidential meeting.
- BRUSSELS - WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala addresses G20 business event – 1225 GMT.
BISHKEK - The EU Special Representative for Central Asia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala, and EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore will visit Kyrgyzstan (final day)
GENEVA - 48th regular session of the Human Rights Council (final day).
LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (final day).
ABU DHABI - Chung Eui-yong Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (to Oct 11)
ATHENS - Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskiy meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou – 0700 GMT
LUXEMBOURG - EU home affairs ministers meet in Luxembourg – 0700 GMT
MONTPELLIER, France - French president Emmanuel Macron chairs Africa-France summit with many African heads of states.
MADRID, Spain - Spain´s Foreign Affairs minister José Manuel Albares, participates in Forum Europa organized by Economia Forum - 0700 GMT
CZECHIA - Czech Chamber of Deputies Election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCT. 9NEW DELHI - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit India (to Oct 11)
JERUSALEM - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Israel (to Oct 11)
GLOBAL - World Post Day.
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- JERUSALEM - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett hold a joint cabinet meeting in Jerusalem – 0730 GMT.
IRAQ - Election for Iraqi Council of Representatives.
GLOBAL - World mental health day.
GLOBAL - World day against death penalty.
FIJI – 51st anniversary of independence.
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- TEHRAN - Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will pay a visit to Tehran.
KUNMING, China - China hosts United Nations Biodiversity Conference (to Oct 15)
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- ALBANY - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta chairs U.N. Security Council meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace – 1400 GMT.
NUR-SULTAN - The 6th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia will be held in Nur-Sultan.
ROME - Italy chairs an ad hoc G20 meeting for Afghanistan
KYIV - EU-Ukraine summit.
KRANJ, Slovenia - Informal meeting of EU health ministers (to Oct. 13)
BALI - 19th anniversary of Bali bombings.
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- MOSCOW - Russia hosts international energy conference (to Oct 15).
WASHINGTON D.C - World Bank Group President David Malpass holds news conference during the World Bank / International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings – 1215 GMT
WASHINGTON D.C - Group of Twenty (G20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors hold news conference – 1700 GMT
WASHINGTON D.C - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva holds news conference – 1315 GMT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Conference at Expo with UAE and foreign officials including central bank governor Khalid Muhammad Salem Balam Tameemi, finance minister Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum (to Oct 14).
GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
SAN JOSE, Chile – 11th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.
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- MINSK - The foreign ministers of the CIS countries will meet in Minsk.
GLOBAL - World sight day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCT. 15MINSK - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Minsk during a summit of CIS leaders.
MARRAKESH, Morocco - Annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Fall meetings. (To Oct. 17)
Washington, D.C – G20 Finance ministers and central bank governors meeting (to Oct. 16).
GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day.
GLOBAL - International day of rural women.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCT. 16GLOBAL - World food day.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCT. 17LUANDA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan starts two-day visit to Angola (to Oct 18)
CAPE VERDE - Cape Verde holds presidential election
GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCT. 18JERUSALEM – 10th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCT. 19BRUNEI - ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Deputies Meeting (AFCDM + 3) via Video Conference (to Oct. 21).
LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20TRIPOLI – 10th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCT. 21BRUSSELS - European Council (to Oct. 22).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCT. 22MOSCOW - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett visit to Russia.
WELLINGTON - APEC 2021 Finance Ministers Meeting.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCT. 23LIBYA – 10th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.
VAN, Turkey – 10th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCT. 24BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS). (To Oct. 25)
Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan presidential elections.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCT. 26OSLO - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and the foreign ministers of Russia and the Nordic countries are due to meet in the Arctic town of Tromsoe to discuss cooperation in the Barents Sea region.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCT. 28Brussels - Informal conference of EU economy and finance ministers.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCT. 29KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's finance minister will present the 2022 budget which is expected to prioritize economic recovery and post-pandemic reforms.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCT. 30ROME - Italy hosts major G20 summit in Rome (to October 31).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOV. 1SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa holds local government elections.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOV. 2NEW YORK - New Yorkers vote for mayor.
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- VIENNA, Austria - 22nd OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting.
TEHRAN – 42nd 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOV. 6GLOBAL – International day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOV. 7MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Presidential election.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaraguan National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOV. 8BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
WELLINGTON - Ministers of Asia-Pacific countries meet at the APEC Summit in New Zealand. (To Nov. 14)
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOV. 9BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOV. 11BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOV. 12TRIPOLI - French president Emmanuel Macron hosts international summit on Libya
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting.
BRUSSELS - World Pneumonia Day.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOV. 13YANGON, Myanmar – 10th anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOV. 14BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentinian Senate election.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentinian Chamber of Deputies election.
GLOBAL – World Diabetes Day.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOV. 15BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOV. 16BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.
GLOBAL - International day for tolerance.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17GLOBAL – World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day.
GLOBAL - World Prematurity Day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOV. 18VUKOVAR, Croatia – 30th anniversary of 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 a rubble in a brutal three-month siege.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOV. 19BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOV. 21VENEZUELA - Venezuela holds regional and local elections
SANTIAGO, Chile – Presidential election.
SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean Chamber of Deputies election.
SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean Senate election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOV. 23BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOV. 25GLOBAL – International day for the elimination of violence against women.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOV. 26MUMBAI, India - 13th 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOV. 28TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Presidential election.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduran National Congress election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOV. 29BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting.
TEHRAN, Iran – 10th anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry over Britain's unilateral sanctions.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOV. 30GENEVA, Switzerland - World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting (to Dec 3)
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- BANJUL, Gambia - Presidential elections.
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- BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
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- BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
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- BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Oct 10).
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- BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
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- BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
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- BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Oct 17).
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- TRIPOLI, Libya - Presidential elections.
- TRIPOLI, Libya - Referendum election.
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