News: DIARY-Political and General News Events from October 16

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 
    
    • PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic at the Elysee Palace - 1100 GMT.

    MOSCOW - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will visit Russia to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin (to Oct. 17).

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang visits the Netherlands and meets with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and King Willem-Alexander (Final Day).

    PARIS - South Korean President Moon Jae-in on a state visit to France (Final Day).

    ADDIS ABABA - President of Slovenia, Borut Pahor visits Ethiopia (to Oct. 17).

    BEIJING - Norway King Harald V will pay a state visit China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping (to Oct. 20).

    Dushanbe/ Amsterdam/ City of Brussels - Chinese premier Li Keqiang to visit Tajikistan, Netherlands and Belgium to attend SCO meeting, ASEM summit (to Oct. 19).

    BELGRADE - Transport Ministers of China and 16 European countries, including Serbia, are scheduled to meet in Belgrade (to Oct. 17).

    BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Norway Prime Minister Erna Stolberg. Joint news conference post meeting - 1100 GMT.

    BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for King Harald V of Norway in Beijing, followed by a meeting and signing ceremony - 0900 GMT.

    MADRID - Spain King Felipe meets Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid - 1530 GMT.

    MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet in Madrid. They will release a statement to the media at the end of their meeting - 1630 GMT.

    HELSINKI - Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay an official visit to Finland (to Oct. 17).

    LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.

    PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Finance and Central Banks Deputies Meeting.

    GLOBAL - World Food Day.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 
    
    • PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe at the Elysée Palace - 1200 GMT.
    • CHISINAU - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan pays a two-day visit to Moldova (to Oct. 18).

    HANOI - U.S Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis visits Vietnam.

    PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Finance Ministers Meeting. GLOBAL - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 
    
    • BRUSSELS - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker on the sidelines of the "Asia-Europe" forum (to Oct. 19).

    BRUSSELS - Euro Summit TASHKENT – Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Uzbekistan (to Oct. 19). BRUSSELS- Asia-Europe Meeting (to Oct. 19). 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.

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 
    

    BRUSSELS - EU and Asian leaders meet for a summit aimed at strengthening the relationship between the two continents - 0630 GMT.

    SYDNEY - Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama visits Australia (to Oct. 20).

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 
    

    TRIPOLI – 7th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. AFGHANISTAN - Afghan House of People election.

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    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.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 
    
    • BANGKOK - Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad visits Thailand and is scheduled to meeting his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha (to Oct. 25).
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    ANKARA - German Economy and Energy Minister Peter Altmaier visits Turkey (to Oct. 26).

    OTTAWA - Canada will host a two-day meeting of trade ministers in Ottawa to discuss how to reform the troubled World Trade Organisation as it faces a serious crisis (to Oct. 26).

    BEIJING - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit China at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (to Oct. 27).

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 
    
    • IRELAND – Referendum election.

    IRELAND – President election.

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 
    
    • GABON - Gabonese National Assembly election.
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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 
    
    • BRAZIL – President election.

    TOKYO - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a two-day visit to Japan (to Oct. 29).

    GEORGIA – President election.

    MALI - Malian National Assembly election.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30 
    

    NEW DELHI – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will pay an official visit to India.

    BERLIN - Ethiopian Premier Abiy Ahmed meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other government officials in Berlin.

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 
    

    MOSCOW - Moldovan President Igor Dodon visits Russia and meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (to Nov. 1).

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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 
    

    NEW CALEDONIA – Referendum election.

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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 
    

    BRUSSELS - Euro Zone Finance Ministers meet to discuss deeper integration of the region, including a euro zone budget, new powers for bailout fund and setting up a deposit guarantee scheme - 1400 GMT.

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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 
    

    GUAM - Non-Voting Delegate To Us House Of Representatives election.

    United States - US House of Representatives election.

    Guam - Legislature of Guam election.

    United States - US Senate election.

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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 
    

    MADAGASCAR – President election.

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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 
    

    BERLIN - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks to the foreign press association on a range of issues - 1300 GMT.

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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 
    
    • FIJI - Fijian Parliament election.
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    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 
    
    • TASHKENT - Kyrgyzstan Economy Minister Oleg Pankratov visits Uzbekistan.
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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 
    

    GUINEA-BISSAU - Bissau-Guinean People's National Assembly election.

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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 
    
    • COPENHAGEN - Hungary Foreign and Trade minister Peter Szijjarto visits Denmark.
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    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 
    

    MALI - Malian National Assembly election.

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