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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
** KIEV - Foreign Minister of Norway Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide will pay a working visit to Ukraine (to Sept. 6).
** WARSAW/AMSTERDAM - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier's first visit to Poland and Netherlands (to Sept. 6). ** SOFIA - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind visits Bulgaria (to Sept. 7).
** TOKYO - Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno meets Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Japan's Emperor Akihito - 0900 GMT.
** JERUSALEM - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov meets his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem - 0930 GMT.
** WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump confers with the Emir of Kuwait, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, at the White House - 1730 GMT.
TBILISI - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will pay an official visit to Georgia (Final Day).
TASHKENT - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan (Final Day).
BEIJING - Cote d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara, Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio, Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi and Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore will attend the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and pay state visits to China (to September 7). VENICE, Italy – 2018 Venice International Film Festival (to Sept. 8). JERUSALEM – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to discuss cooperation in labor, tourism, trade, agriculture, counterterrorism and law enforcement (Final Day). MOSCOW - Moldovan President Igor Dodon expected in Moscow with official visit on September (to Sep. 6).
ENKOPING, Sweden - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visits Sweden, meets his Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven. BERLIN, Germany - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss EU migration policy, the bloc's budget and European Parliament elections next year - 1030 GMT ZURICH, Switzerland - Swiss Federal councilor Johann Schneider-Ammann travels to China. ANKARA - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas holds talks with Turkish officials in capital Ankara ahead of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Germany. AMMAN - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte visits Jordan (to September 7).
ISLAMABAD - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Pakistan.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
BEIJING - Iceland's Foreign Minister Thor Thordarson meets his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing - 0730 GMT
LUXEMBOURG - French President Emmanuel Macron, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel meet with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel to discuss European affairs and what they expect from the European Union - 1100 GMT.
NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hold talks with India Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. LUXEMBOURG CITY - French President Emmanuel Macron holds a public meeting on the subject of the future of the European Union with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel - 1500 GMT. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 ** BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani - 0730 GMT.
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron hosts German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris for a working meeting on European issues such as Brexit, immigration and the euro zone.
BERLIN - Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, minister of energy and industry, visits the Qatar-Germany Business and Investment Forum in Berlin.
LYON, France - Japan Crown Prince Naruhito to visit France (to Sep. 14). TABRIZ, Iran – Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet in northwestern city of Tabriz.
TEHRAN - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Iran. VIENNA - Eurogroup meeting - 0700 GMT - - - - - - - - -
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
KARACHI - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Pakistan (to September 9).
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 SWEDEN - Swedish Parliament election.
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VIENNA – United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors meeting (to Sept. 14). - - - - - - - - -
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 STRASBOURG, France - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addresses EU lawmakers as part of a series of speeches by EU members' heads of state and government on the future of Europe - 0700 GMT
STRASBOURG, France - Lebanese President Michel Aoun addresses members of the European Parliament - 1000 GMT
HANOI - World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Vietnam. Details to be updated once available (to Sept. 13).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker gives annual State of the Union speech.
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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). - - - - - - - - -
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 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 - 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 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. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 SWITZERLAND - Referendum election. MALDIVES - President election.
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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. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 LATVIA - Latvian Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 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. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 LUXEMBOURG - Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 BHUTAN - Bhutanese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 AFGHANISTAN - Afghan House of People election. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 IRELAND – President election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 GEORGIA – President election. MALI - Malian National Assembly election.
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