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---------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events---------------------------------------------------------------- ---- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29** TOKYO - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Tokyo to attend the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was assassinated in July, departs for South Korea.
** MADRID - Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calvino holds a meeting with her Lithuanian counterpart Gintare Skaiste – 1500 GMT. SYDNEY - Singapore Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen will make an official visit to Australia (to September 30). ABU DHABI – Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will undertake a working visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (final day). SAN JOSÉ - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold talks with the Costa Rican government as part of its third review of the country's economic reforms (to Oct. 4). VIENNA - IAEA 66th General Conference (to Sept. 30). MEXICO CITY - Mexico Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier will speak at the three-day North Capital Forum in Mexico City (To Sep 30) MEXICO CITY - UNESCO to host World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development in Mexico (To Sep 30) HANOI - Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz will pay an official friendship visit to Vietnam (to Oct. 2). WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Joe Biden hosts leaders of Pacific Island nations at gathering in Washington (final day). SINGAPORE - British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly delivers a keynote speech, setting out his foreign policy vision for the Indo-Pacific region, at the Milken Asia Summit, organised by think tank Milken Institute in Singapore. MADRID - Spain's foreign affairs minister, Jose Manuel Albares, and his counterpart from Ukranie Dmitró Kuleba participate in the 4th edition of the 2022 La Toja forum – 1700 GMT ZURICH - Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, will speak (live from Ukraine) about the conflict in Europe and the architecture of world security. BRUSSELS - The European Parliament's Special Committee on Foreign Interference and Disinformation will hold a debate with Taiwanese Digital Affairs Minister Audrey Tang on Taiwan's responses to Chinese interference. BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne with military honours outside Berlin's chancellery before they meet behind closed doors and then speak to reporters - 1300 GMT. KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait holds parliamentary elections. SEOUL - President of South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol will meet with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Seoul.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30** SOFIA - Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to meet Bulgarian President Rumen Radev.
** MADRID - Spain´s eeconomy minister Nadia Calviño holds a meeting in Madrid with the Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders. ALICANTE, Spain - Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, attends EuroMed or MED-9 summit, which will host the presidents of the nine Southern countries of the European Union, including Cyprus, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. BRUSSELS - Magrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for the digital age and competition, gives keynote speech at a conference of the Institute of International & European Affairs on "Europe in Changing Times" – 1230 GMT ALICANTE, Spain - Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, holds a meeting with Janez Janša, Prime Minister of Slovenia – 0730 GMT ALICANTE, Spain - Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, meets Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis – 0815 GMT CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech upper house election - second round (to Oct. 1). BRUSSELS - European Union energy ministers meet to discuss soaring prices - 0630 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1MADRID - The 2022 La Toja Forum concludes with the participation of Josep Borrell, vice-president of the European Commission – 0700 GMT GLOBAL - International day of older persons. ABUJA - Nigeria to celebrate its 62nd year of independence. CHINA – 73rd founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China. LATVIA - Latvian Parliament Election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2GUINEA – 64th anniversary of independence from France. GLOBAL - International day of non-violence. BRAZIL - Brazil Presidential Election. BRAZIL - Brazilian Federal Senate Election. BRAZIL - Brazilian Chamber of Deputies Election. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives Election. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Chairman of the Presidency Election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 3LUXEMBOURG - Eurozone finance ministers to discuss the response to the economic situation in the bloc with high energy prices and inflation in a meeting in Luxembourg, also attended by Secretary-General of the OECD Mathias Cormann – 0800 GMT LONDON - British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng speaks at the annual Conservative party conference in the aftermath of the pound plummeting following his mini budget. LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4** TALLINN - President of Finland Sauli Niinistö will pay a working visit to Estonia and meet with Estonian counterpart Alar Karis to discuss bilateral relations between Finland and Estonia GENEVA - Ukraine debate at UN Human Rights Council . LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day. SAN FRANCISCO – 11th death anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. MADRID - Spain´s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at German-Spanish summit in Madrid.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6PRAGUE - EU leaders meet at informal summit in Prague (to Oct. 7).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7MOSCOW - 16th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9GLOBAL - World Post Day. AUSTRIA - 2022 Austrian presidential election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 10GLOBAL - World mental health day. GLOBAL - World day against death penalty. FIJI – 52nd anniversary of independence. CANBERRA - Australia's energy minister Chris Bowen speaks at Australian Financial Review Climate and Energy Summit.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11** BRATISLAVA - Presidents of Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic, the Visegrad Group, meet in Slovakia. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels. MEXICO CITY - Mexico economy minister Tatiana Clouthier, business leaders speak at LATAM Mobility Summit (to Oct. 12) PRAGUE - EU Informal meeting of energy ministers (to Oct. 12). STOCKHOLM - Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on a three-day state visit to Sweden (to Oct. 13).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12BRUSSELS - NATO defence ministers meet in Brussels (To Oct 13) BALI - 20th anniversary of Bali bombings.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13MANILA - Philippines finance minister Benjamin Diokno delivers keynote speech at a convention for thrift banks – 1800 GMT. GLOBAL - World Sight Day. GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction. SAN JOSE, Chile – 12th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine. BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference as defence ministers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation gather in Brussels (to Oct. 14). LUXEMBOURG - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Oct. 14).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day. GLOBAL - International day of rural women.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16SYDNEY - Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Australia (to October 18). GLOBAL - World food day. BEIJING - China to hold 20th Communist party congress starting on Oct. 16. BERLIN - World Health Organization hold 2022 Summit in Berlin (to Oct. 18).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 17HANOI - OECD-Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum (to October 18). GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty. LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18JERUSALEM – 11th 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 General Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19BANGKOK - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance ministers meeting (to Oct. 21).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20TRIPOLI – 11th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to Oct. 21).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21BRUSSELS - EU leaders meet in Brussels.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 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. SLOVENIA - Slovenia holds presidential elections.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 24TAIPEI CITY - Taiwan hosts the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy's World Movement for Democracy summit (to Oct. 27).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen host a conference on post-war reconstruction of Ukraine in Berlin.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26PRETORIA - South Africa's finance minister Enoch Godongwana will present medium term budget policy statement, which updates economic forecasts, adjusts the budget and makes emergency changes to spending – 1200 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's finance minister will announce budget plans for 2023 amid higher subsidy bills and rising prices that are hurting fiscal strength.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30PRAGUE - EU Informal meeting of trade ministers (to Oct. 31).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3** MANAMA - Pope Francis visits Bahrain (to November 6). MUNSTER, Germany - G7 foreign ministers to meet in Munster (to Nov. 4).
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8WASHINGTON, D.C. - US House of Representatives election. WASHINGTON, D.C. - US Senate election. BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11PHNOM PENH - Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) bloc and counterparts from other related countries attend the 40th and 41st regional summit (to Nov. 13). BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (budget) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15BALI - Indonesia set to host the G20 Summit on the resort island of Bali (to November 16). BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (defence) meeting.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18BANGKOK - Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) inter-governmental forum from 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim attends the annual summit in Bangkok (To Nov 19) BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
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