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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 
    
    • BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini meets Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo Garcia - 1300 GMT.
    • SKOPJE - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visits the Macedonian capital Skopje and meets Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov.
    • RIYADH - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on his first international visit to Saudi Arabia (to Sep. 19)
    • ROME - Italy Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to meet Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Rome - 0900 GMT.
    • BUENOS AIRES - Argentina Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne speaks at the Think 20 Summit in Buenos Aires - 1130 GMT.
    • WASHINGTON D.C.- Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh will pay an official visit to the United States to boost bilateral ties (to Sep. 20).
    • BUCHAREST - German Foreign minister Heiko Maas takes part at Three Seas Summit in Romania.

    TOKYO - United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will visit Japan (to Sep. 19). VIENNA - IAEA 62nd General Conference (to Sep. 21).

    HELSINKI - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will make a state visit to Finland (to Sep. 19). VIENNA - IAEA, General Conference, Sixty-second session (to Sep. 21).

    BUCHAREST - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker visits Romania for the Three Seas Summit.

    MOSCOW - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to meet President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

    BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting – 0700 GMT. MOSCOW, 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 Sep. 20). 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.

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 
    
    • TIRANA - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visits the Albanian capital Tirana and to meet Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati.
    • BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini meets Oman Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah - 1200 GMT.

    SALZBURG, Austria - French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Salzburg for EU informal summit (to Sep. 20).

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 
    
    • ATHENS - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visits Athens and meets Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias.

    SANTO DOMINGO/ GEORGETOWN/ PARAMARIBO - China Foreign Minister is set to visit the Dominican Republic, Guyana and Suriname (to Sep. 23).

    SALZBURG, Austria - European Council President, Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz hold a news conference as European leaders conclude summit in Austria. - 1300 GMT

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 
    
    • BERLIN - Germany President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with Czech Republic President Milos Zeman - 0900 GMT.

    SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Bosnia. TOKYO - 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 Sep. 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.

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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 
    

    VILNIUS - Pope Francis visits Lithuania at start of Baltics trip.

    MUNICH – 185th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct. 7).

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 
    

    SWITZERLAND - Referendum election.

    MALDIVES - President election.

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    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 
    

    NEW 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.

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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 
    

    BAKU, Azerbaijan - Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Azerbaijan.

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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 
    

    BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with ECB President Mario Draghi - 1200 GMT.

    HELSINKI - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to visit Finland.

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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 
    

    NEW YORK, United States - UN General Assembly. TURSUNZODA, 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

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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 
    

    GLOBAL - 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 Sep. 29)

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    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 
    

    NEW YORK - Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will visit New York to participate in the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (to Oct. 2).

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    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 
    

    MACEDONIA – Referendum election.

    SWAZILAND - Swazi House of Assembly election.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting. GLOBAL - International Day of Older Persons.

    ABUJA - Nigeria celebrates its 58th year of independence.

    CHINA - 69th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. GUINEA - 60th anniversary of independence from France.

    GLOBAL - International Day of Non-Violence.

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 
    
    • NEW DELHI - Russian President Vladimir Putin visits India, meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    INNSBRUCK, Austria - Informal meeting of trade ministers. GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day.

    SAN FRANCISCO – 7th Death Anniversary of Apple co-founder.

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 
    

    LATVIA - Latvian Parliament election.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 
    

    MOSCOW - 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.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 
    

    PARIS - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit France (to October 10).

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    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 
    

    GLOBAL - World Post Day.

    GLOBAL - World Mental Health Day.

    GLOBAL - World Day Against the Death Penalty.

    FIJI – 48th Anniversary of Independence.

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 
    

    GLOBAL - World Sight Day.

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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 
    

    BALI NUSA DUA, Indonesia - 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group (to Oct. 14)

    BALI - 16th anniversary of Bali bombings.

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 
    

    GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.

    SAN JOSE, Chile – 8th anniversary rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies election.

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 15 
    

    LUXEMBOURG - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

    PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Senior Finance Officials' Meeting (SFOM)

    GLOBAL - United Nation's World Hand-Washing day.

    GLOBAL - International Day of Rural Women.

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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 
    

    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 
    

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

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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 
    

    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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    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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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 
    

    IRELAND – President election.

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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 
    

    GEORGIA – President election.

    MALI - Malian National Assembly election.

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