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DIARY-Political and General News Events from September 6

Published 06/09/2018, 11:23 pm
Updated 06/09/2018, 11:30 pm
DIARY-Political and General News Events from September 6

DIARY-Political and General News Events from September 6

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

** LONDON - World Nuclear Association (WNA) Annual Symposium (to Sept. 7) ** INDIA/BANGLADESH – 7th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh. ** TORONTO - Toronto International Film Festival 2018 (to Sept. 16). ** LONDON - Chilean Minister of Finance Felipe Larraín and governor of the country's Central Bank Mario Marcel speak at Chile Day investment event in London alongside business leaders and UK politicians (to Sept. 7).

** ASMARA - Eritrea's president Isaias Afwerki, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somalia's president Mohamed Abdullahi hold a joint summit in Asmara. ** ATHENS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian meets Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias - 1100 GMT. ** ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets Benin President Patrice Talon to discuss bilateral relations and regional developments - 1430 GMT. ** BERLIN - Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas receives his Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono in Berlin - 1600 GMT. ** ATHENS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visits Greece. ** OTTAWA - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin will visit Canada.

KIEV - Foreign Minister of Norway Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide will pay a working visit to Ukraine (Final Day).

WARSAW/AMSTERDAM - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier's first visit to Poland and Netherlands (Final Day). SOFIA - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind visits Bulgaria (to Sept. 7).

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). MOSCOW - Moldovan President Igor Dodon expected in Moscow with official visit on September (Final Day).

AMMAN - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte visits Jordan (to September 7).

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

** VIENNA - Euro zone finance ministers arrive for meeting to discuss euro zone governance issues, euro zone bailout fund becoming a backstop for the bank resolution fund in case of emergency - 0600 GMT. ** VIENNA - EU finance ministers arrive for a regular informal meeting in which they are expected to discuss taxation of the digital economy, possible regulation of cryptourrencies - 1100 GMT. ** VIENNA - European Union finance ministers gather in Vienna for a regular informal meeting in which they are expected to discuss taxation of the digital economy, possible regulation of cryptocurrencies - 1230 GMT. 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

** SKOPJE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev hold news conference after their meeting in Skopje. ** MOSCOW - Russian President meets Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. KARACHI - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Pakistan (to September 9).

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 SWEDEN - Swedish Parliament election.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 SEOUL - Indonesian President Joko Widodo meets his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in in Seoul during a state visit.

VIENNA – United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors meeting (to Sept. 14). - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 ** UNITED STATES – 17th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

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 ** 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.

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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). - - - - - - - - -

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 ** BERLIN – 45th BMW Berlin Marathon. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

**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 - 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. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 ** MUNICH – 185th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct. 7). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 SWITZERLAND - Referendum election. MALDIVES - President election.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 ** BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 45th anniversary of independence from Portugal. - - - - - - - - -

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. - - - - - - - - - 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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