Sept 30 (Reuters) - For other diaries, please see:
Political and General News Top Economic Events Emerging Markets Economic Events Government Debt Auctions U.S. Federal Reserve Today in Washington
------------------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
- YEREVAN – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong visits Armenia (to Oct 1).
- PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Sudan prime minister Abdalla Hamdok at the Elysee Palace. Both leaders will hold a press conference after the meeting - 1500 GMT. 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. (to Oct 02) TALLINN - Albanian President Ilir Meta visits Estonia (to Oct. 1). PRAGUE - Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne will meet his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis. The two leaders will hold a news conference after their meeting. - 0640 GMT
PRAGUE - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will visit Prague on the 30th anniversary of East German refugees being allowed to travel from then-Czechoslovakia to West Germany. Maas will meet Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek to sign a cooperation agreement and hold a joint news conference. - 1245 GMT
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1
- ROME - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Rome for his first official visit to Italy.
- ROME - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte - 1430 GMT.
- MOSCOW - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte visits Russia (to Oct 5).
GLOBAL - International day of older persons.
ABUJA - Nigeria to celebrate its 59th year of independence. CHINA - 70th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2
- 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3DELHI – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit India (to Oct. 6).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
- HANOI - Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen visits Vietnam. - - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6LISBON - Election for Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.
TUNIS - Election for Tunisian Constituent Assembly.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 7
- 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)
- - - - - - - - - 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) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
- SYDNEY - Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte visits Australia and meets Australian counterpart Scott Morrison (to Oct 11). GLOBAL - World post day. LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10GLOBAL - 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11MAMALLAPURAM, 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).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12BALI - 17th anniversary of Bali bombings.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13GLOBAL - 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 14ISLAMABAD - 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).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15GLOBAL - 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16GLOBAL - World food day.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty. BRUSSELS - EU European Council meeting (to Oct. 18)
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18JERUSALEM – Eight anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20TRIPOLI – 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.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 21OTTAWA - Election for Canadian House of Commons.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23LIBYA – 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24SOCHI - Russia hosts Russia-Africa summit co-chaired by President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27BUENOS 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29GREECE - European and Arab officials meet in Athens to discuss issues ranging from climate change to migration and sustainable development. (to Oct 30).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ISTANBUL, 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.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7BUDAPEST - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Hungary.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11SANTIAGO, Chile - Heads of states from participants in the year-long Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum gather for final meeting (to Nov 17).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20BANGKOK – Pope Francis will visit Thailand (to Nov. 23)
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23TOKYO – Pope Francis will visit Japan, during which time he will go to Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as Tokyo (to Nov 26).
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a storybased on the event.
