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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 ROME/MADRID/LISBON - Sihasak Phuangketkeow, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of Thailand is scheduled to visit Italy, the Holy See, Spain and Portugal (To Oct 25)

BRUSSELS - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi and Justice Minister Akın Gürlek scheduled to depart for Belgium for a three-day visit; the delegation will hold talks with their Belgian counterparts, while Fidan will also meet EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte (To Oct 23) DUSHANBE - Belarus' Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin has set off on a working visit to Tajikistan (Final day)

STOCKHOLM - Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam will make a state visit to Sweden (Final day) LUANDA - Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is visiting Angola for the ‌inaugural Bi-National Commission meeting aimed at deepening bilateral cooperation between the neighbouring countries. (Final day)

BEIJING - Foreign minister of Djibouti Abdoulkader Houssein Omar, and his counterpart from the Republic of the Congo, Constant-Serge Bounda, will pay an official visit to China (To Oct 25) HONG KONG, People's Republic of China - APEC Finance Ministerial Meeting (To Oct 21)

COPENHAGEN - Vietnamese President To Lam and his spouse, Ngo Phuong Ly, will make a state visit to Denmark (To Oct 21) MANAMA, Bahrain - France's President Emmanuel Macron visits Bahrain for talks on energy, defence and investment - 0830 GMT

LUSAIL, Qatar - France's President Emmanuel Macron visits Qatar to deepen strategic, economic ties - 1330 GMT MUMBAI, India - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Mumbai and Jamnagar (To Oct 22)

ISLAMABAD - Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu will visit Pakistan (To Oct 22) MOSCOW - China's Prime Minister Li Qiang to visit Russia (To Oct 22)

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 Oct 22) TRIPOLI – 15th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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NEW DELHI - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will undertake an official visit to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (To Oct 23) STRASBOURG, France - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participates in a plenary debate on the conclusions of the of October 15-16 European Council meeting

LUSAIL, Qatar - Macron visit continues - 0600 GMT RIGA - Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria will pay a working visit to Latvia

ANKARA - Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney will travel to Ankara and Istanbul. (To Oct 23) - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 BRUSSELS - EU leaders, including Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa are set to meet in Brussels Vietnam's top leader To Lam.

BRUSSELS - EU ⁠Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To ​Oct 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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PRAGUE- Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka and his Slovak counterpart Juraj Blanar meet in Prague – 1000 GMT 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. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 RIYADH - EU-Gulf Cooperation Council summit

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SERBIA - Serbian National Assembly Election BRAZIL - Brazilian Presidency Election (Second round)

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

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 TOKYO - Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is set to visit Japan for a four-day official trip. (Oct 29)

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HELSINKI - Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo hosts Nordic prime ministers and the leaders of the Nordic autonomous territories in Helsinki on the ​sidelines of the Nordic Council session. Discussions will focus on protecting children and young people online, as well as strengthening Nordic cooperation and security - 0815 GMT HELSINKI - Finnish President Alexander Stubb will address the Nordic Council and hold a discussion with council members on how changes in the international environment affect Nordic security and preparedness - 1250 GMT

ISRAEL - Israeli Knesset Election - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 EL SALVADOR - Peru's President Keiko Fujimori is scheduled to travel to El Salvador from ⁠Oct 28 to Oct 31 at the invitation of her right-wing counterpart, Nayib Bukele ( To Oct 31)

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SAN SALVADOR - Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori will be on an official visit to meet with El Salvador President Bukele and members of his cabinet to talk about security policies MANILA - ASEAN defense ministers hold an annual meeting with dialogue partners, dubbed as ADMM-Plus

OTTAWA - EU-Canada summit (To Oct 30) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 ATLANTA, United States - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a G20 foreign ministers' meeting (To Oct 31)

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LONDON - Seven OPEC+ ministers meet on Sunday to set their output policy for December - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 DUBLIN - Irish Finance Minister Simon Harris, EU Financial ⁠Services ​Commissioner Maria Luisa Albuquerque and Evelien Witlox, the ECB's Director of the Digital Euro also speak at Irish central bank conference

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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - Northern Mariana Islands Governor Election AMERICAN SAMOA - American Samoan House of Representatives Election

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives Election NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - Northern Mariana Islands Senate Election

Guam - Guamanian Legislature election Guam - Guamanian Governor election

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BRATISLAVA - Slovakia will host a summit of the presidents of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries - Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will also attend the talks taking place (To Nov. 5) TEHRAN – 47th anniversary of U.S. embassy takeover. In 1979 Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and captured 90 hostages; 52 were held captive for 444 days.

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MADRID - Presidents, heads of state gather in Madrid for the Iberoamerican Summit. (To Nov 05) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 GLOBAL - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.

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NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand holds a general election MONTEVIDEO - Pope Leo ⁠visits Uruguay (To Nov 08)

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

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting

BRUSSELS - Economic and Financial Affairs Council - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 LIMA - Pope Leo visits Peru (To Nov 17)

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BRUSSELS - World Pneumonia Day - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 YANGON, Myanmar – 16th Anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained opposition Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, From House Arrest.

MANILA - Leaders of ASEAN countries hold annual meetings in Manila (To Nov 15). - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 GLOBAL - World Diabetes Day.

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CABO VERDE - Cabo Verdean Presidency Election GLOBAL - World Prematurity Day

GLOBAL - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 ST. JOHN, Antigua and ⁠Barbuda - International Day for Tolerance

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GLOBAL - World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day VUKOVAR, Croatia – 35th Anniversary of Vukovar Massacre

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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ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26 MUMBAI, India - 18th Anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on Nov. 26, 2008 and lasted nearly three days, left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen

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SPAIN - Spanish Congress of Deputies Election SPAIN - Spanish Senate Election

Switzerland – Referendum Election TEHRAN, Iran – 15th Anniversary of an attack on the ‌British Embassy by dozens of Iranian Students and Protesters angry over Britain's Unilateral Sanctions.

LONDON - OPEC+ ‌and OPEC are set to hold ministerial meetings on Sunday to decide on output policy. - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 GAMBIA, THE - Gambian Presidency Election

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OTTAWA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Canada (To Dec. 12) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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