DIARY-Political and General News Events from September 17

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to receive Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

BELGRADE/ PRIŠTINA - OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen concluded her two-day visit to Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština (final day)

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Health, Mustafa Kamal, visited Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU) in Islamabad

WINDSOR, United Kingdom - US President Donald Trump is receiving an unprecedented welcome in the UK with King Charles at Windsor.

BEIJING – Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari is scheduled to visit China to focus on strengthening bilateral relations between Pakistan and China. (To Sept. 21)

CAIRO - Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will visit Egypt on an official trip accompanied by Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares, at the invitation of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. (To Sept. 19).

LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump visits Britain (to Sept 19)

RIGA - Finnish President Alexander Stubb will pay a state visit to Latvia. President Stubb and Latvia's President Edgars Rinkevics hold a joint press conference in Riga after a meeting on bilateral relations between the two countries, defense cooperation, security in the Baltic Sea, war in Ukraine, and the Middle East. (final day)

BISHKEK - Vice President of the Republic of Turkey Cevdet Yilmaz arrives in the Kyrgyz Republic on an official visit.

BEIJING - Minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Korea, Cho Hyun, will visit China at the invitation of Wang Yi, Chinese foreign minister.

United Nations - New President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock holds a news conference - 1600 GMT

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will speak at the Diplomatic Academy in Moscow about the war in Ukraine.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

TOKYO - His Royal Highness Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh and His wife, Her Royal Highness Princess Sophie, The Duchess of Edinburgh will visit Japan.(to Sept 23)

MEXICO CITY - Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, to visit Mexico and meet with President Claudia Sheinbaum (to Sept 19)

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

BEIJING - Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita will visit China (to September 20).

Copenhagen – Eurogroup meeting

NAYPYIDAW - Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan will lead an official ASEAN team to assess the situation in Myanmar

COPENHAGEN - EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept. 20)

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

MUNICH – 190th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct 5).

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

BERLIN – 51st BMW Berlin Marathon.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

KUALA LUMPUR - Economy ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional bloc hold a series of meetings in Malaysia (to September 28).

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

BERLIN - German defence minister Boris Pistorius receives Swedish counterpart Pal Jonson with military honours in Berlin - 1430 GMT

BERLIN - Press conference after German defence minister Boris Pistorius meets Swedish counterpart Pal Jonson in Berlin. - 1530 GMT

NEW YORK - UN General Assembly meeting (to September 29).

NEW YORK – Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian will travel to New York for the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 52nd anniversary of Independence from Portugal.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

SEYCHELLES - Seychellois Presidency Election.

SEYCHELLES - Seychellois National Assembly Election.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

WASHINGTON DC. - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit U.S. for high-level United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

SEYCHELLES - Seychellois National Assembly election.

GABON - Gabonese National Assembly election.

SEYCHELLES - Seychellois Presidency election.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.

SWITZERLAND – Referendum Election.

MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF - Moldovan Parliament Election.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark hosts informal meetings with EU heads of state or government of the 27 EU member states.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3

CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech Chamber of Deputies election.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 6

LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9

LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting.

DUSHANBE - Russian President Vladimir Putin will make an official visit to Tajikistan.

COPENHAGEN - Denmark hosts an informal meeting of the EU’s development ministers (to Oct 10)

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10

LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12

CAMEROON - Cameroonian Presidency election.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 13

LUXEMBORUG – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers meeting (to October 14).

COPENHAGEN - Denmark hosts an informal meeting of the EU's trade ministers (to October 14).

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16

ROME - Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi to visit Europe for meetings with Pope Leo XIV, European leaders and EU officials.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19

NORTHERN CYPRUS - Northern Cypriot Presidency election.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 20

LUXEMBORUG - Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21

INCHEON, Republic of Korea – APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) (to October 22).

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22

BRUSSELS - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to meet EU's Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa in first ever EU-Egypt summit docusing on bilateral relations, the situation in Middle East, Ukraine, trade and migration.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23

BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to October 24).

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24

IRELAND - Irish Presidency election.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26

ARGENTINA - Argentinian Chamber of Deputies election.

ARGENTINA - Argentinian Senate election.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29

United Republic of Tanzania - Tanzanian Presidency election.

Netherlands - Dutch Second Chamber election.

United Republic of Tanzania - Tanzanian National Assembly election.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11

IRAQ - Iraqi Council of Representatives election.

SWITZERLAND - Referendum election.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16

CHILE - Chilean Chamber of Deputies election.

CHILE - Chilean Senate election.

CHILE - Chilean Presidency election.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17

BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council election.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development)

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22

JOHANNESBURG - Leaders gather for two-day G20 summit in South Africa (to November 23).

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) election.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23

Guinea-Bissau - Bissau-Guinean Presidency election.

Bissau-Guinean - People's National Assembly election.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting

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