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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 WASHINGTON DC - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay a four-day visit to the United States (Final Day)

WASHINGTON DC - Armenia Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will pay a working visit to the United States of America (To Sept. 25) NEW YORK - 81st session of the UN General Assembly. (To Sep 25)

WASHINGTON, DC - Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics visits the United States. Edgars Rinkevics attends the opening of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York and holds ‌meetings in Washington, Los Angeles and San Diego focused on defense, technology and business cooperation. (to Sept. 28) MUNICH – 200th Munich Oktoberfest (To October 4)

NEW YORK/OTTAWA - Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary and State President To Lam attends the high-level general debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly and holds bilateral meetings in the United States before paying a State visit to Canada. (to Sept. 25) MANILA - ASEAN energy ministers, senior officials hold meetings. (To Sept. 25)

NEW YORK CITY - Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez will meet New York mayor Zohran Mamdani. - 1230 GMT WASHINGTON DC – Chinese President Xi Jinping is all set to visit the United States, where he will exchange views with President Donald Trump on major issues concerning China-US relations, as well as world peace and development. (To Sep 25)

MOROCCO - Moroccan Chamber of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 VATICAN CITY - Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar will visit the Vatican for a state meeting with Pope Leo XIV.

NEW YORK CITY - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivers keynote speech at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum at an event commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. OTTAWA - German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul to meet Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand

NEW YORK CITY - President of the Argentina Javier ‌Milei, speaks to the Economic Club of New York - 1600 GMT NEW YORK CITY - Nepal's Minister for Foreign Affairs Shisir Khanal speaks at the Asia Society in New York. - 1700 GMT

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, UNITED STATES - Czech President Petr Pavel visits the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. BRUSSELS - EU industry ministers gather in Brussels to discuss competitiveness.

BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 53rd anniversary of independence from Portugal WASHINGTON - Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the United States, U.S. President Donald Trump has announced.

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PARIS - Pope Leo visits France (To September 28) - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 NEW YORK CITY - German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul to speak at UN General Assembly.

UNITED NATIONS - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will address the UN General Assembly. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 BERLIN – 52nd BMW Berlin Marathon

SWITZERLAND - Switzerland Referendum election SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - Sao Tomean National Assembly election

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NEW YORK CITY - India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaks at the Asia Society in New York. - 2200 GMT GLOBAL - World Rabies Day

SEOUL - South Korea marks the 76th anniversary of recovering Seoul from North Korea during the Korean War. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting

BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting ⁠of energy ministers (To September ​29) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 PRAGUE - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to visit the Czech Republic.

MADRID - French President Emmanuel Macron visits ⁠Madrid, meets with Spain's Royals and Prime Minister Sanchez (to September 30). LUXEMBOURG - Finland President Alexander Stubb and spouse Suzanne Innes-Stubb to pay a state visit to Luxembourg. (To September 30)

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PRAGUE - Czech President Petr Pavel meets Romanian counterpart Nicusor Dan in Prague - 0830 GMT DUBLIN - Informal meeting of EU health ministers (to October 1).

MANILA - ASEAN defense ministers hold annual meetings (To October 1) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 GLOBAL - International Day of Older Persons

ABUJA - Nigeria celebrates its 66th year of independence CHINA - 77th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China

LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice ⁠and Home Affairs Council (To October 2) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 MONACO - Italian President Sergio Mattarella visits Monaco for talks with Prince Albert II during the first state visit to the Principality by an Italian head of state (To October 3)

GUINEA - 68th anniversary of independence from France GLOBAL - International Day of Non-Violence

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LATVIA - Latvian Parliament Election - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 VIRTUAL - OPEC+ members Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman hold a monthly meeting to review global oil market conditions and compliance with voluntary production ​adjustments.

BRAZIL - Brazilian Chamber of Deputies Election BRAZIL - Brazilian Federal Senate Election

BRAZIL - Brazilian Presidency Election BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Election

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives Election LONDON - The OPEC+ JMMC will meet to discuss market conditions and production data.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 GLOBAL - World Teachers' ⁠Day

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – 15th Death Anniversary of Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 MANILA - ASEAN energy ministers, senior officials hold meetings. (To Oct. 9)

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GREECE - Greece hosts East Mediterranean gas forum in Athens. MOSCOW - 20th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya

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GLOBAL - World Sight Day LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup Meeting

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GLOBAL - World Post Day LUXEMBOURG - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council

CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech Senate Election - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 GLOBAL - World mental health day

GLOBAL - World Day against death penalty FIJI – 56th anniversary of independence

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LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council BALI – 24th ⁠anniversary of ​Bali bombings

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GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction SAN JOSE, Chile – 16th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.

LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council BANGKOK - Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Annual meetings. (To October 18)

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BRUSSELS - European Council (To October 16) GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day

GLOBAL - International day of rural women - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 GLOBAL - World food day

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 JERUSALEM – 15th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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WINDSOR, England - Oman's Haitham bin Tariq visits United Kingdom to headline a three-day state visit hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla (To October 22) TRIPOLI – 15th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To October 23) SAUDI ARABIA – 15th death anniversary of Sultan bin Abdulaziz, who served as crown prince of the Kingdom from 2005 until his demise in 2011.

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LIBYA – 15th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation. VAN, Turkey – 15th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.

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SOFIA - Bulgaria holds a presidential ⁠election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 ISRAEL - Israeli Knesset Election

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MANILA - ASEAN defense ministers hold an annual meeting with dialogue partners, ⁠dubbed as ADMM-Plus. OTTAWA - EU-Canada summit (To October 30)

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ATLANTA, United States - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a G20 foreign ministers' meeting. (To October 31) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Guam - Guamanian Legislature election.

Guam - Guamanian Governor election. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 MADRID - Presidents, heads of state gather in Madrid for the Iberoamerican Summit. (To Nov. 5)

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NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand holds a general election MONTEVIDEO - Pope Leo visits Uruguay (To Nov. 8)

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BUENOS AIRES - Pope Leo embarks on an official visit to Argentina (to November 11). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 LIMA - Pope Leo visits Peru (to November 17).

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MANILA - Leaders of ASEAN countries hold annual meetings in Manila (to November 15). - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 PERU - Pope Leo ‌visits Peru (To Nov. 17)

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SHENZHEN, China - Russian President Vladimir Putin ‌to lead a Russian delegation at APEC Summit in Shenzhen. SHENZHEN, China - China hosts the 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen. (To Nov. 19)

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