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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
- ISLAMABAD – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will pay an official visit to Pakistan and meets Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi (to Sept 14).
- BEIJING - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros will pay a state visit to China (to Sept. 16).
- ANKARA - President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to visit Turkey, meets President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
- BEIJING - Maltese Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela meets his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing. - 0230 GMT TASHKENT - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will visit Uzbekistan (to Sept.14). TORONTO - Toronto International Film Festival 2018 (to Sept.16).
LYON, France - Japan Crown Prince Naruhito to visit France (to Sept.14). VIENNA – United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors meeting (to Sept.14). HANOI - World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Vietnam. Details to be updated once available (Final Day). BEIJING - Maltese Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion Carmelo Abela will pay an official visit to China (to Sept.15). BEIJING - Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian meet and hold a joint news conference in Beijing. - 1030 GMT VIENNA, Austria - Austria hosts EU interior ministers' conference on migration and security (to Sep.14).
BEIJING, China (PRC) - Maltese Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela meets his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing. - 0230 GMT MOSCOW - Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visits Russia (to Sept.14).
BEIJING - Chile's Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero will pay an official visit to China (to Sept. 15).
VILNIUS, Lithuania - Poland's Foreign Affairs Minister Jacek Czaputowicz will meet his Lithuanian counterpart in Vilnius. MANILA - Philippines' economic managers, transportation officials and businessmen attend the Arangkada 2018 forum on infrastructure projects - 0030 GMT.
RIGA - The Presidents of 13 EU members will meet in Latvia in the 14th meeting of the Arraiolos Group, where they will discuss the future of Europe and future security challenges. The event coincides with Latvia's centenary year (to Sept. 14).
RIGA - The Presidents of Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Hungary and Germany meet to discuss EU matters (to Sept. 14).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
- BEIJING - Chile's Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero meets his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan in Beijing.
- BEIJING - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Beijing. - 0700 GMT
- PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pachinian at the Elysee palace - 1100 GMT. PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pachinian at the Elysee palace - 1100 GMT
WASHINGTON DC, United States - United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the State Department - 1730 GMT
WASHINGTON DC, United States - French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly speaks at an Atlantic Council discussion on "The U.S.-French Partnership in a Changing World." - 1400 GMT WASHINGTON DC, United States - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discusses "The Value of NATO in the 21st Century." - 1500 GMT VILNIUS - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Lithuania.
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- HANOI / MANILA - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to travel to Vietnam and the Philippines (to Sep 18). GLOBAL - International day of Democracy.
GUATEMALA – 197th Anniversary of Independence.
EL SALVADOR - 197th Anniversary of Independence.
COSTA RICA - 197th Anniversary of Independence.
HONDURAS - 197th Anniversary of Independence.
NICARAGUA - 197th Anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16MANILA - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds talks in Manila. BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz – 1645 GMT. BERLIN – 45th BMW Berlin Marathon.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Bosnia. VIENNA - IAEA 62nd General Conference (to Sept. 21).
HELSINKI - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will make a state visit to Finland (to Sept. 19). VIENNA - IAEA, General Conference, Sixty-second session (to Sept. 21).
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18MOSCOW, Russia - Meeting of the subcommission on Russia-China investment cooperation, with the participation of Russian finance minister Anton Siluanov. - 0730 GMT
TIANJIN, China - World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 opens in Tianjin (to September 20). MOSCOW - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Polish President Andrzej Duda will make his first official visit to the White House and discuss bilateral ties with U.S. President Donald Trump.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19SALZBURG, Austria - French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Salzburg for EU informal summit (to Sept. 20).
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21TOKYO - Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will likely hold a second round of trade talks in the United States. RIKON, Switzerland - Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama visits Switzerland to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Tibet Institute Rikon and will participate in various events in Rikon (to Sept. 24). BELARUS - President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko meets with President of Russia Vladimir Putin. BERLIN - Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak and his German counterpart Olaf Scholz to meet in Berlin.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22VILNIUS - Pope Francis visits Lithuania at start of Baltics trip.
MUNICH – 185th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct. 7).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23SWITZERLAND - Referendum election.
MALDIVES - President election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24NEW YORK CITY, United States - U.S. President Donald Trump to host event at United Nations - "Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem" - a day before he officially addresses the annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 45th anniversary of independence from Portugal.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26HELSINKI - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to visit Finland.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TURSUNZODA, Tajikistan - President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Tajikistan.
NEW YORK CITY, United States - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks at the Asia Society in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly - 1200 GMT
BERLIN, Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Erdogan meet in Berlin in effort to restore ties and improve relations. - 2200 GMT
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.
SEOUL - South Korea marks the 67th anniversary of recovering Seoul from North Korea during the Korean War. BERLIN - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a state visit to Germany (to Sept. 29)
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29NEW YORK - Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will visit New York to participate in the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (to Oct. 2).
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30MACEDONIA – Referendum election.
SWAZILAND - Swazi House of Assembly election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 1GLOBAL - International Day of Older Persons.
ABUJA - Nigeria celebrates its 58th year of independence.
CHINA - 69th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2GUINEA - 60th anniversary of independence from France.
GLOBAL - International Day of Non-Violence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day.
SAN FRANCISCO – 7th Death Anniversary of Apple co-founder.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6LATVIA - Latvian Parliament election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7MOSCOW - 12th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tomean National Assembly election.
BRAZIL – President election.
CAMEROON – President election.
BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA - President election.
BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA - Bosnia and Herzegovina House of People's election.
BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA - Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives election.
BRAZIL - Brazilian Chamber of Deputies election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9PARIS - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit France (to October 10).
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10GLOBAL - World Post Day.
GLOBAL - World Mental Health Day.
GLOBAL - World Day Against the Death Penalty.
FIJI – 48th Anniversary of Independence.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11GLOBAL - World Sight Day.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12BALI NUSA DUA, Indonesia - 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group (to Oct. 14)
BALI - 16th anniversary of Bali bombings.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
SAN JOSE, Chile – 8th anniversary rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14LUXEMBOURG - Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 15GLOBAL - United Nation's World Hand-Washing day.
GLOBAL - International Day of Rural Women.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16GLOBAL - World Food Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17GLOBAL - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18JERUSALEM – 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.
- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20TRIPOLI – 7th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. AFGHANISTAN - Afghan House of People election.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23LIBYA – 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.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26IRELAND – President election.
- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28GEORGIA – President election.
MALI - Malian National Assembly election.
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