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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- WEDNEDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 ** TASHKENT - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will visit Uzbekistan (to Sept. 14).
** BUCHAREST, Romania - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visits Romania, due to meet Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, hold talks on Romania's upcoming EU Council presidency at the time when Britain leaves EU - 1000 GMT.
** ATHENS - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides meet in Athens – 1800 GMT. ** WASHINGTON, DC - United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Croation Foreign Minister Marija Pejcinovic Buric at the State Department. - 1800 GMT
TORONTO - Toronto International Film Festival 2018 (to Sept. 16). LYON, France - Japan Crown Prince Naruhito to visit France (to Sept. 14).
VIENNA – United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors meeting (to Sept. 14).
HANOI - World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Vietnam. Details to be updated once available (to Sept. 13).
MADRID, Spain - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to meet Chancellor of Austria, Sebastian Kurz in Madrid - 1600 GMT
HANOI - Southeast Asian leaders attend World Economic Forum session – 0230 GMT. VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon, Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga speak at Fourth Eastern Economic Forum - 0400 GMT. HANOI, Vietnam - Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Thai Central Bank Governor Santiprabhob Veerathai speak at World Economic Forum - 0615 GMT. BEIJING - Maltese Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion Carmelo Abela will pay an official visit to China (to Sept. 15).
BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker gives annual State of the Union speech.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 ** BEIJING - Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian meet and hold a joint news conference in Beijing. - 1030 GMT
VIENNA, Austria - Austria hosts EU interior ministers' conference on migration and security (to September 14).
BEIJING, China (PRC) - Maltese Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela meets his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing. - 0230 GMT
MOSCOW - Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visits Russia (to Sept. 14).
BEIJING - Chile's Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero will pay an official visit to China (to Sept. 15). VILNIUS, Lithuania - Poland's Foreign Affairs Minister Jacek Czaputowicz will meet his Lithuanian counterpart in Vilnius.
MANILA - Philippines' economic managers, transportation officials and businessmen attend the Arangkada 2018 forum on infrastructure projects - 0030 GMT. RIGA - The Presidents of 13 EU members will meet in Latvia in the 14th meeting of the Arraiolos Group, where they will discuss the future of Europe and future security challenges. The event coincides with Latvia's centenary year (to Sept. 14). RIGA - The Presidents of Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Hungary and Germany meet to discuss EU matters (to Sept. 14). - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pachinian at the Elysee palace - 1100 GMT ** WASHINGTON DC, United States - United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the State Department - 1730 GMT
WASHINGTON DC, United States - French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly speaks at an Atlantic Council discussion on "The U.S.-French Partnership in a Changing World." - 1400 GMT
WASHINGTON DC, United States - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discusses "The Value of NATO in the 21st Century." - 1500 GMT
VILNIUS - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Lithuania. - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 GLOBAL - International day of Democracy. GUATEMALA – 197th Anniversary of Independence. EL SALVADOR - 197th Anniversary of Independence. COSTA RICA - 197th Anniversary of Independence. HONDURAS - 197th Anniversary of Independence. NICARAGUA - 197th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 ** MANILA - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds talks in Manila.
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz – 1645 GMT.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Bosnia.
VIENNA - IAEA 62nd General Conference (to Sept. 21). HELSINKI - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will make a state visit to Finland (to Sept. 19).
VIENNA - IAEA, General Conference, Sixty-second session (to Sept. 21). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 MOSCOW, Russia - Meeting of the subcommission on Russia-China investment cooperation, with the participation of Russian finance minister Anton Siluanov. - 0730 GMT TIANJIN, China - World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 opens in Tianjin (to September 20).
MOSCOW - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Polish President Andrzej Duda will make his first official visit to the White House and discuss bilateral ties with U.S. President Donald Trump.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 ** TOKYO - Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will likely hold a second round of trade talks in the United States.
RIKON, Switzerland - Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama visits Switzerland to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Tibet Institute Rikon and will participate in various events in Rikon (to Sept. 24).
BELARUS - President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko meets with President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
BERLIN - Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak and his German counterpart Olaf Scholz to meet in Berlin. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 VILNIUS - Pope Francis visits Lithuania at start of Baltics trip. MUNICH – 185th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct. 7). - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 SWITZERLAND - Referendum election. MALDIVES - President election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 NEW YORK CITY, United States - U.S. President Donald Trump to host event at United Nations - "Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem" - a day before he officially addresses the annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 ** HELSINKI - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to visit Finland.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
** TURSUNZODA, Tajikistan - President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Tajikistan. NEW YORK CITY, United States - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks at the Asia Society in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly - 1200 GMT
BERLIN, Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Erdogan meet in Berlin in effort to restore ties and improve relations. - 2200 GMT - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
GLOBAL - World Rabies Day. SEOUL - South Korea marks the 67th anniversary of recovering Seoul from North Korea during the Korean War.
BERLIN - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a state visit to Germany (to Sept. 29)
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 NEW YORK - Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will visit New York to participate in the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (to Oct. 2). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 MACEDONIA – Referendum election. SWAZILAND - Swazi House of Assembly election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 GLOBAL - International Day of Older Persons. ABUJA - Nigeria celebrates its 58th year of independence. CHINA - 69th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 GUINEA - 60th anniversary of independence from France. GLOBAL - International Day of Non-Violence. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day. SAN FRANCISCO – 7th Death Anniversary of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) co-founder. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 LATVIA - Latvian Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7
MOSCOW - 12th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tomean National Assembly election. BRAZIL – President election. CAMEROON – President election. BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA - President election. BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA - Bosnia and Herzegovina House of People's election. BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA - Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives election. BRAZIL - Brazilian Chamber of Deputies election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 PARIS - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit France (to October 10).
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 GLOBAL - World Post Day. GLOBAL - World Mental Health Day.
GLOBAL - World Day Against the Death Penalty. FIJI – 48th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 GLOBAL - World Sight Day. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 BALI NUSA DUA, Indonesia - 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group (to Oct. 14) BALI - 16th anniversary of Bali bombings. - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction. SAN JOSE, Chile – 8th anniversary rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine. - - - - - - - - -
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 LUXEMBOURG - Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies election. - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, OCTOBER 15 GLOBAL - United Nation's World Hand-Washing day. GLOBAL - International Day of Rural Women. - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 GLOBAL - World Food Day. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 GLOBAL - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 JERUSALEM – 7th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
BHUTAN - Bhutanese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 TRIPOLI – 7th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
AFGHANISTAN - Afghan House of People election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23 LIBYA – 7th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation. VAN, Turkey – 7th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others. - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 IRELAND – President election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 GEORGIA – President election. MALI - Malian National Assembly election.
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