DIARY-Political and General News Events from October 8

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8

** DUBLIN - President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa visits Dublin, Ireland for an official visit aimed at advancing trade relations between South Africa and Ireland.

** KUWAIT - President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan visits the State of Kuwait on a fraternal visit.

** JUBA - Deputy President of South Africa Paul Mashatile, in his capacity as Special Envoy to South Sudan, visits Juba, South Sudan to hold consultations with various stakeholders on the implementation of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan.

** TALLINN - Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis meets Estonian counterpart Margus Tsahkna in Tallinn. - 0930 GMT

** ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at Villa Madama in Rome, Italy - 1000 GMT

** PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Hussein bin Abdullah, Crown Prince of Jordan, in Paris - 1030 GMT

** BERLIN - German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche will present the government's autumn economic forecast - 1215 GMT

VILNIUS - At the invitation of Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, the President of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen, accompanied by his spouse Doris Schmidauer, will pay an official visit to Lithuania (To Oct. 9)

CANBERRA, Australia – Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will be making his first official visit to Australia and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will host dinner for Prime Minister Wong. (To Oct. 9)

DELHI, India - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits India. (To Oct. 9)

OSAKA, Japan - Prime Minster of the Republic of Uganda, Robinah Nabbanja, will pay a visit to Japan and attend will participate in the National Day Event of Expo 2025. (To Oct. 9)

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

MUMBAI, India - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold discussions on bolster India-UK ties.

ANKARA, Turkey - Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani will be in Ankara on Wednesday to hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan.

WASHINGTON DC - The International Monetary Fund's managing director Kristalina Georgieva delivers preview of upcoming IMF-WORLDBANK annual meetings. - 1400 GMT

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9

** DUSHANBE - Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon hosts the second Russia-Central Asia summit. Russian President Vladimir Putin along with presidents of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan will attend (To Oct. 10)

** BANGKOK - Thailand Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas speaks at a business forum on Thailand's economic outlook 2026. - 0200 GMT

** JAKARTA - Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono holds bilateral meeting with his Dutch counterpart Caspar Veldkamp, both are expected to give joint presser after the meeting. - 0300 GMT.

** BOGOR, Indonesia - Indonesia's Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa holds media gathering. - 0500 GMT.

PYONGYANG - China's Premier Li Qiang and Vietnam's top leader, To Lam, will visit North Korea to mark celebrations of the 80th anniversary of its ruling Workers Party of Korea (To Oct 11)

CANBERRA – Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be on a two-day official visit to Australia at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Australia Richard Marles. (To Oct 10)

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will visit New Zealand. (Till Oct. 11)

GLOBAL - World Post Day.

DELHI - Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi of the Taliban government is set to visit India (To Oct 16).

TALLINN - Estonian President Alar Karis hosts an Arraiolos group meeting.

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

** BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana, will pay a state visit to China.

** LUXEMBOURG - European Union finance ministers meet to discuss a European Commission proposal to extend a 140 billion euro loan to Ukraine using immobilised Russian central bank assets. They will also discuss the Commission’s recent proposals to update the system of sources of revenue for the EU budget and its recent proposal to update the structure and minimum rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco and tobacco-related products in the EU - 0700 GMT"

GLOBAL - World mental health day.

GLOBAL - World Day against death penalty.

GLOBAL - World Sight Day.

FIJI – 54th anniversary of independence.

PYONGYANG - Laotian President Thongloun Sisoulith will visit North Korea at the invitation of leader Kim Jong Un for celebrations commemorating North Korea's ruling party.

LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11

NAURU - Nauruan Parliament election

GABON - Gabonese National Assembly election

NAURU - Nauruan Referendum election

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12

BALI – 23rd anniversary of Bali bombings.

CAMEROON - Cameroonian Presidency election.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 13

** LJUBLJANA - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte visits Ljubljana and takes part in the 71st Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

BAKU - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk will visit the Azerbaijani capital Baku for talks on transport, logistics and energy issues with Azerbaijani deputy prime minister Shahin Mustafayev and Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzana Sadiq. (To Oct. 14)

GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.

SAN JOSE, Chile – 15th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.

REYKJAVÍK - Japanese Princess Hisako of Takamado will make an unofficial visit to Iceland. (To Oct. 19).

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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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14

WASHINGTON DC, United States - U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Argentina's president Javier Miliei to the White House, according to Argentina's Foreign Ministry.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15

GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day.

GLOBAL - International day of rural women.

BRUSSELS - Defence ministers from NATO countries will gather at NATO Headquarters in Brussels for an annual meeting chaired by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to discuss alliance security priorities.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16

GLOBAL - World food day.

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

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17

GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18

JERUSALEM – 14th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19

BOLIVIA - Bolivian Presidency election

NORTHERN CYPRUS - Northern Cypriot Presidency election.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 20

TRIPOLI – 14th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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

** LJUBLJANA - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Slovenia as part of Med9 summit.

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

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22

SAUDI ARABIA – 14th death anniversary of Saudi Arabia's Crown.

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

LIBYA – 13th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.

VAN, Turkey – 13th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.

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

KUALA LUMPUR - Leaders from ASEAN and its dialogue partners convene in Kuala Lumpur for a series of high-level summits. (to October 28).

ARGENTINA - Argentinian Chamber of Deputies election.

ARGENTINA - Argentinian Senate election.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 27

TOKYO - US President Donald Trump to visit Japan (to Oct 29)

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29

ZANZIBAR - Zanzibar House of Representatives election.

ZANZIBAR - Zanzibar Presidency election.

United Republic of Tanzania - Tanzanian Presidency election.

Netherlands - Dutch Second Chamber election.

United Republic of Tanzania - Tanzanian National Assembly election.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30

GYEONGJU, South Korea - South Korea hosts the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit. (To Nov. 1)

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31

GYEONGJU, South Korea - Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit South Korea to attend the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit in Gyeongju (to November 1).

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

TEHRAN – 46th anniversary of U.S. embassy takeover. In 1979 Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and captured 90 hostages; 52 were held captive for 444 days.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6

GLOBAL - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.

BELEM, Brazil - Brazil hosts the United Nations climate summit, COP30 in Belem (to November 7).

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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 - World Pneumonia Day.

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13

YANGON, Myanmar – 15th Anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained opposition Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, From House Arrest.

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14

GLOBAL - World Diabetes Day.

GLOBAL - World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day.

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

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16

ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda - International Day for Tolerance.

CHILE - Chilean Chamber of Deputies election.

CHILE - Chilean Senate election.

CHILE - Chilean Presidency election.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17

GLOBAL - World Prematurity Day.

BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council election.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18

** JOHANNESBURG - South Africa is hosting the G20 for the first time. Why does its presidency matter and the implications of the USA disengaging. Leaders in Johannesburg will tackle slowing global economic growth, rising geopolitical tensions, reform of the global financial system and urgent climate finance needs.

** BELEM, Brazil - Brazil hosts the United Nations climate summit, COP30 in Belem.

VUKOVAR, Croatia – 34th Anniversary of Vukovar Massacre.

GLOBAL - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20

BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers meet in Brussels.

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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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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23

Guinea-Bissau - Bissau-Guinean Presidency election.

Guinea-Bissau - Bissau-Guinean People's National Assembly election.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) election.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25

ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26

MUMBAI, India - 17th Anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on Nov. 26, 2008 and lasted nearly three days, left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27

ANKARA - Pope Leo will visit Turkey (To Nov. 30)

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29

TEHRAN, Iran – 14th Anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian Students and Protesters angry over Britain's Unilateral Sanctions.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30

BEIRUT - Pope Leo will visit Lebanon (To Dec. 2)

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 1

BRUSSELS, Belgium - EU defence ministers meet in Brussels.

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SUNDAY, DECEMEBER 7

HONG KONG - Hong Kong Legislative Council election.

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SUNDAY, DECEMEBER 28

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Central African Presidency election.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Central African National Assembly election.

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