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DIARY-Political and General News Events from September 19

Published 19/09/2018, 09:26 pm
Updated 19/09/2018, 09:30 pm
DIARY-Political and General News Events from September 19

DIARY-Political and General News Events from September 19

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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 ** YANGON - British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will visit Myanmar. ** SINGAPORE - Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng on a two-day visit to Singapore (to Sep. 20). ** BERLIN - German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen will meet Mongolian Defence Minister Nyamaa Enkhbold in Berlin - 1030 GMT. ** GENEVA - Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto addresses the U.N Human Rights Council in Geneva - 1250 GMT. RIYADH - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on his first international visit to Saudi Arabia (Final Day). WASHINGTON D.C.- Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh will pay an official visit to the United States to boost bilateral ties (to Sep. 20). TOKYO - United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will visit Japan (Final Day).

VIENNA - IAEA 62nd General Conference (to Sep. 21). HELSINKI - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will make a state visit to Finland (Final Day).

VIENNA - IAEA, General Conference, Sixty-second session (to Sep. 21). TIANJIN, China - World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 opens in Tianjin (to Sep. 20). TIRANA - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visits the Albanian capital Tirana and to meet Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati. BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini meets Oman Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah - 1200 GMT. SALZBURG, Austria - French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Salzburg for EU informal summit (to Sep. 20).

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 ** MONTREAL - Canada Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland and the European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini host meeting of women foreign ministers in Montreal (to Sep. 22). ** HALIFAX (NOVA SCOTIA), Canada - G7 environment, energy ministers meet to discuss climate change, clean energy. ** SALZBURG, Austria - European Union leaders meet for summit in Austria intended to focus on problems of migration - 0630 GMT. ATHENS - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visits Athens and meets Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. SANTO DOMINGO/ GEORGETOWN/ PARAMARIBO - China Foreign Minister is set to visit the Dominican Republic, Guyana and Suriname (to Sep. 23). SALZBURG, Austria - European Council President, Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz hold a news conference as European leaders conclude summit in Austria. - 1300 GMT

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 ** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Elysee palace - 1300 GMT. BERLIN - Germany President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with Czech Republic President Milos Zeman - 0900 GMT. SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Bosnia.

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 Sep. 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 ** NEW YORK, United States - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits the United States for the UN General Assembly meeting. SWITZERLAND - Referendum election. MALDIVES - President election.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 ** NEW YORK, United States - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks at Council on Foreign Relations in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly - 1900 GMT. 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.

BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 45th anniversary of independence from Portugal. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 BAKU, Azerbaijan - Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Azerbaijan.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with ECB President Mario Draghi - 1200 GMT. HELSINKI - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to visit Finland.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 ** BERLIN - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to visit Germany and hold meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (to Sep. 29) NEW YORK, United States - UN General Assembly.

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 Sep. 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 LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting.

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 LUXEMBOURG - Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

GUINEA - 60th anniversary of independence from France. GLOBAL - International Day of Non-Violence. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 NEW DELHI - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits India, meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. INNSBRUCK, Austria - Informal meeting of trade ministers.

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 LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Senior Finance Officials' Meeting (SFOM)

GLOBAL - United Nation's World Hand-Washing day. GLOBAL - International Day of Rural Women. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting. PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Finance and Central Banks Deputies Meeting. GLOBAL - World Food Day. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Finance Ministers Meeting.

GLOBAL - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 BRUSSELS- Asia-Europe Meeting (to Oct. 19).

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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