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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18
- PANAMA CITY - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Panama.
- BRUSSELS - French President Emmanuel Macron to address a news conference after EU summit - 1330 GMT.
- BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Theresa May to speak at a news conference after EU leaders summit - 1330 GMT.
- BEIJING - Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Augusto Santos Silva will pay an official visit to China (to Oct. 23).
VIENNA - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives in Austria on Wednesday for an official visit, and will travel on to Belgium for a biennial summit of leaders from Asia and Europe (to Oct. 19).
BRUSSELS – Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit Brussels on Wednesday for the proceedings of the ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) and European Council meeting (to Oct. 19).
BELGRADE - Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen visits Serbia and meets with Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic (Final Day).
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).
CHISINAU - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan pays a two-day visit to Moldova (Final Day).
BRUSSELS - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang working visit to Belgium and the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit (to Oct. 19).
SINGAPORE - ASEAN Defence Ministers gather for a meeting in Singapore (to Oct. 20).
LONDON - Latvia Finance Minister Dana Reizniece Ozola, Lituania Finance Minister Migle Tuskiene, Estonia Deputy Secretary-General for Financial Policy Marten Ross and European Commission Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability Valdis Dombrovskis, will speak at EBRD event on capital markets - 1330 GMT.
BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker meets Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - 1600 GMT.
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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19
- LJUBLJANA - Hungarian President Janos Ader visits Slovenia will meet his counterpart Borut Pahor.
- MEXICO CITY - United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso in Mexico City.
NEW DELHI - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will visit India and meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (to Oct. 20).
BRUSSELS - EU-Republic of Korea summit
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).
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20TRIPOLI – 7th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. AFGHANISTAN - Afghan House of People election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 22
- JAKARTA - Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir to visit Indonesia (to Oct. 23).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23OUAGADOUGOU/ YAMOUSSOUKRO/ ABUJA - Governor General of Canada, Julie Payette will visit Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, and Nigeria (to Oct. 30).
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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
BANGKOK - Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad visits Thailand and is scheduled to meeting his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha (to Oct. 25).
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25OTTAWA - The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, will visit Canada. 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).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26IRELAND – Referendum election.
IRELAND – President election.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27GABON - Gabonese National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28BRAZIL – 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30NEW 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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31MOSCOW - Moldovan President Igor Dodon visits Russia and meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (to Nov. 1).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4NEW CALEDONIA – Referendum election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.
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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
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.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7MADAGASCAR – President election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11PARIS - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit France.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting
BERLIN - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks to the foreign press association on a range of issues - 1300 GMT.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14FIJI - Fijian Parliament election.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TASHKENT - Kyrgyzstan Economy Minister Oleg Pankratov visits Uzbekistan.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18GUINEA-BISSAU - Bissau-Guinean People's National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22HAVANA - Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Official visits to Cuba (to Nov. 23).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23COPENHAGEN - Hungary Foreign and Trade minister Peter Szijjarto visits Denmark.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25MALI - Malian National Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting
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