DIARY-Political and General News Events from September 24

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

NEW YORK - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will travel to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly proceedings (To Sept. 25)

NEW YORK - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New York.

NEW YORK - French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, in the context of an intense diplomatic agenda in New York.

KUALA LUMPUR - ASEAN economic ministers hold talks with US Trade Representative

NEW YORK - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

NEW YORK - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chilean President Gabriel Boric, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez co-host event titled, "In defence of Democracy" on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. - 1400 GMT

NEW YORK - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends the annual meeting on Crimea on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. - 1700 GMT

NEW YORK – South Korea President Lee Jae-Myung arrived in New York, Begains UN General Assembly schedule. (To Sept 26)

BEIJING - Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef began an official visit to the People's Republic of China (till Sep 26).

NEW YORK - Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov will attend the 80th anniversary session of the UN General Assembly in New York (Till Sep 25)

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

DILI - Prime Minister Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim, will undertake an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (final day)

NEW YORK - Queen Maxima of Netherlands will attend the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. (to Sept. 25)

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

NEW YORK – Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly

BRUSSELS - EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis holds video conference with Ukrainian Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal

NEW YORK - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech at the UN Climate Summit 2025

NEW YORK - Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa speaks at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York. - 1830 GMT

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

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

TALLINN - Estonia's Prime Minister Kristen Michal will meet with Henna Virkkunen, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy to discuss election interference, EU artificial intelligence gigafactories, hybrid threats, critical infrastructure and protecting EU's external border.

WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan at the White House, where they are expected to conclude trade and military agreements.

BRUSSELS - European Union Commissioner for the Economy Valdis Dombrovskis receives Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko

KUALA LUMPUR - EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic delivers keynote speech at EU-ASEAN Business Summit

MUENSTER, Germany - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier meets King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and visit the German-Dutch corps in Muenster - 1045 GMT

SEYCHELLES - Seychellois Presidency Election.

SEYCHELLES - Seychellois National Assembly Election.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's economic minister Zafrul bin Tengku Abdul Aziz holds a press conference on the last day of the ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

HANOI, Vietnam - EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic holds a news conference in Hanoi after meeting senior Vietnamese leaders as part of a trip to Southeast Asia - 1030 GMT.

HANOI - EU Trade Commissioner Sefcovic meets his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Hong DienMaros

LUSAKA - Zambia's Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane presents the Southern African country's 2026 budget in parliament - 1415 GMT

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

TOKYO - Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visits Japan. He will meet Japan's Emperor and hold a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. (to October 1).

UNITED NATIONS - Venezuelan foreign minister Yvan Gil is set to give his remarks to the United Nations general assembly. Tensions are high between Venezuela and the United States amid a U.S. military build-up in the Caribbean and a strike against an alleged drug shipment which killed 11 people - 2230 GMT.

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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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4

MUNICH, Germany - German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt hosts EU counterparts and EU Commissioner for Migration, Magnus Brunner for talks in Munich to "bring about a change in migration policy." - 1215 GMT

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 6

LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7

HELSINKI - Icelandic President Halla Tomasdottir and her spouse Bjorn Skulason, will make a state visit to Finland (to October 8).

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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

YEREVAN - Queen Mathilde of Belgium will pay a working visit to Armenia as an advocate of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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

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

WASHIGTON DC - US President Donald Trump will meet Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Washington.

LUXEMBORUG - Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21

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