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----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
- BERLIN - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz holds a speech on "100 years of sales tax" in Germany - 0730 GMT.
- OTTAWA - Namibia President Dr. Hage Geingob visits Canada to meet Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (to Sep. 21).
SINGAPORE - Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng on a two-day visit to Singapore (Final Day).
WASHINGTON D.C.- Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh will pay an official visit to the United States to boost bilateral ties (Final Day). VIENNA - IAEA 62nd General Conference (to Sep. 21).
VIENNA - IAEA, General Conference, Sixty-second session (to Sep. 21).
TIANJIN, China - World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 opens in Tianjin (Final Day).
SALZBURG, Austria - French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Salzburg for EU informal summit (Final Day).
MONTREAL - Canada Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland and the European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini host meeting of women foreign ministers in Montreal (to Sep. 22).
HALIFAX (NOVA SCOTIA), Canada - G7 environment, energy ministers meet to discuss climate change, clean energy.
SALZBURG, Austria - European Union leaders meet for summit in Austria intended to focus on problems of migration - 0630 GMT.
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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- SOCHI, Russia - Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Elysee palace - 1300 GMT.
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). 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 23NEW YORK, United States - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits the United States for the UN General Assembly meeting.
SWITZERLAND - Referendum election.
MALDIVES - President election.
- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24NEW YORK, United States - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks at Council on Foreign Relations in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly - 1900 GMT.
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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- NEW YORK, United States - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly - 2200 GMT.
- NEW YORK, United States - French President Emmanuel Macron holds news conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly General Debate - 1600 GMT.
- NEW YORK, United States - Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli speaks at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York - 2100 GMT.
BAKU, Azerbaijan - Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Azerbaijan.
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- NEW YORK, United States - Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan speaks at Asia Society on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly - 2200 GMT.
BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with ECB President Mario Draghi - 1200 GMT.
HELSINKI - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to visit Finland and he will meet with Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27BERLIN - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to visit Germany and hold meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (to Sep. 29)
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
- - - - - - - - - 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 Sep. 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 1LUXEMBOURG - 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. GUINEA - 60th anniversary of independence from France.
GLOBAL - International Day of Non-Violence.
- - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5NEW 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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 15LUXEMBOURG - 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.
- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Finance and Central Banks Deputies Meeting.
GLOBAL - World Food Day.
- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Finance Ministers Meeting. GLOBAL - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18BRUSSELS- 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.
- - - - - - - - - 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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