Political and General Round-Up: Uzbekistan President to meet Indian counterpart; International Day of Older Persons

This Diary is filed daily. Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 ** NEW DELHI - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to meet his Indian counterpart Ramnath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ** MOGILEV, Belarus - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarussian town Mogilev. ** MARRAKECH, Morocco - Arab OPEC ministers meet at a three-day conference in Morocco to discuss oil markets and the global industry (to Oct. 4). ** LONDON - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad gives a speech at Chatham House on the future of democracy in Asia - 0900 GMT. MUNICH – 185th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct. 7). NEW YORK - Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will visit New York to participate in the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (to Oct. 2). NEW Delhi – The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres will visit India, the Secretary-General will meet with President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (to Oct. 4).

LUXEMBOURG - Eurogroup meeting.

GLOBAL - International Day of Older Persons. ABUJA - Nigeria celebrates its 58th year of independence. CHINA - the 69th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 ** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with his Serbian counterpart Aleksander Vucic in Moscow. LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

GUINEA - the 60th anniversary of independence from France. GLOBAL - International Day of Non-Violence. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 ** MOSCOW - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to visit Russia. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 ** VIENNA - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attend the ceremony marking "100 Years of the Austrian Republic" in Vienna - 0815 GMT. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 ** PARIS - Spain King Felipe VI and his wife Queen Letizia visit Miro retrospective at Paris's Grand Palais with French President Emmanuel Macron. 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. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 ** Gabon - Gabonese National Assembly election. LATVIA - Latvian Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 ** Brazil - Brazilian Federal Senate election.

MOSCOW - 12th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tomean National Assembly election. BRAZIL – President election. CAMEROON – the presidential election. BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA - presidential 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 9 ** BUDAPEST - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan expected to visit Hungary. ** BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Angolan President Joao Lourenco. ** ZURICH - Polish President Andrzej Duda speaks on The Future of Europe - Foundations of Unity of the States of Europe - 1630 GMT. PARIS - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit France (to Oct. 10). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 GLOBAL - World Post Day. GLOBAL - World Mental Health Day. GLOBAL - World Day Against the Death Penalty. FIJI – 48th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 GLOBAL - World Sight Day. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 BALI NUSA DUA, Indonesia - 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group (to Oct. 14) BALI - the 16th anniversary of Bali bombings. - - - - - - - - -

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. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 LUXEMBOURG - Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies election. - - - - - - - - -

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. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 LUXEMBOURG - EU General Affairs Council meeting. PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Finance and Central Banks Deputies Meeting. GLOBAL - World Food Day. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Finance Ministers Meeting.

GLOBAL - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 TASHKENT – Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Uzbekistan (to Oct. 19).

BRUSSELS- Asia-Europe Meeting (to Oct. 19).

JERUSALEM – 7th anniversary of the 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 20 TRIPOLI – 7th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

AFGHANISTAN - Afghan House of People election. - - - - - - - - - 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. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 IRELAND – President election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 GEORGIA – President election. MALI - Malian National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 ** MOSCOW - Moldovan President Igor Dodon visits Russia and meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (to Nov. 1). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 ** NEW CALEDONIA – Referendum election. - - - - - - - - - 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. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 ** MADAGASCAR – President election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 ** GUINEA-BISSAU - Bissau-Guinean People's National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 ** MALI - Malian National Assembly election.