DIARY-Political and General News Events from Sept. 3

BOLIVIA - Presidential election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 ** BRUSSELS - EU Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and EU special envoy Miroslav Lajcak meet with Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo's prime minister Avdullah Hoti for the latest round of talks to seek an end to years of tensions between the Balkan neighbours.

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** WASHINGTON D C – Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo's Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti meet at the White House (to Sept. 04). ** MOSCOW – Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visits Russia to attend a crucial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu on further boosting bilateral defence cooperation (to Sept. 05). ** MOSCOW – Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov will arrive in Moscow on a working visit on Thursday to participate in meetings of the defense ministers of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (to Sept. 06). ** DUBAI - The Saudi G20 Presidency will host an extraordinary Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting on Thursday. ** CAIRO - The EU Foreign Policy chief, Josep Borell, meets with Egypt's Foreign affairs minister Sameh Shouky, in Cairo, and holds a joint news conference. NEW DELHI - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Stephen Biegun, Deputy Secretary of U.S. Department of State, along with top ministers from India including foreign minister S. Jaishankar, trade minister Piyush Goyal, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan, to speak at a week-long virtual event hosted by U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) (to Sep 04) VENICE, Italy - 2020 Venice International Film Festival (to Sept. 12). MINSK - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visits Belarus.

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, in Moscow. MADRID - Spain Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya holds a meeting with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Madrid.

TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan - Milos Vystrcil, President of the Senate of the Czech Republic meets Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and then holds a news conference with Taiwan's foreign minister. - 0200 GMT DUBAI - Saudi Arabia's Finance Minister Mohammed al Jadaan will speak at an online forum organized by Euromoney to discuss Saudi Arabia's economic outlook for this year and next.

FRANKFURT - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks at a banking congress in Frankfurt. - 0715 GMT BERLIN - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz holds a virtual keynote at Brussels-based Bruegel think tank. - 1000 GMT

BANGKOK – Thailand Finance Minister Predee Daochai and Deputy Prime minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow speak about the economy and stimulus plans at a business forum – 0600 GMT. JAMAICA - Jamaican House of Representatives election. DUBLIN - EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan speaks at virtual Irish event – 1330 GMT.

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 MUNICH, Germany – 48th anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 INDIA/BANGLADESH – 9th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh. BOLIVIA - Presidential election.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 ** BRUSSELS - EU Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and EU special envoy Miroslav Lajcak meet with Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo's prime minister Avdullah Hoti for the latest round of talks to seek an end to years of tensions between the Balkan neighbours. - 0800 GMT LONDON - Brexit talks in London (to Sept. 11) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 ** LJUBLJANA - Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz will meet Prime Minister of Slovenia Janez Jansa.

BEIRUT - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte visits Lebanon after devastating Beirut port blast on Aug. 4. BRUSSELS- European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans speaks at online event on the green recovery of the transport sector. - 1500 GMT

LITHUANIA - Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Defence Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen will visit Lithuania. EGYPT - Egyptian Senate election

BRUSSELS - Brussels Economic Forum (by video conference) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 ** VIENNA - The new chair of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers, Ireland's Paschal Donohoe, takes part in a moderated discussion on the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and the future of the Eurogroup with Austrian Finance Minister Gernot Bluemel. - 1030 GMT - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 ** BERLIN - Germany President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes his Croatian counterpart Zoran Milanovic with military honors at Bellevue Palace in Berlin. - 0800 GMT

IRAN, Islamic Republic of - Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly election UNITED STATES – 19th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. BERLIN – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to Sept. 12). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gives his annual speech on the state of the country's economy. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 VIENNA – United Nations IAEA, Board of Governors meeting (to Sept. 18).

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 GLOBAL - International day of Democracy.

GUATEMALA – 199th anniversary of Independence. EL SALVADOR - 199th anniversary of Independence.

COSTA RICA - 199th anniversary of Independence. HONDURAS - 199th anniversary of Independence.

NICARAGUA - 199th anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

PARIS - OECD updates economic outlook for G20 economies. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 New Zealand – Referendum election.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

VIENNA - IAEA 64th General Conference (to Sept 25). BRUSSELS - EU ministers responsible for trade hold informal meeting in Berlin to discuss current trade topics from transatlantic relations to the World Trade Organization. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

BRASILIA - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will open the United Nation's General Assembly high-level debate that will be a virtual meeting this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic with prerecorded video speeches by heads of state. NEW YORK CITY - World leaders take part in 75th annual U.N. General Assembly high-level debate (to Sept. 28).

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 FALKLAND ISLANDS (Islas Malvinas) - Referendum election. BRUSSELS - Special European Council meeting (to September 25). BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 47th anniversary of Independence from Portugal. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.

SEOUL - South Korea marks the 66th anniversary of recovering Seoul from North Korea during the Korean War. BRUSSELS Brexit talks in Brussels (to Oct. 2). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 BRUSSELS - EU Competitiveness Council (Research& Innovation) meeting.

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 TORONTO - Canada hosts the world circular economy forum in Toronto.

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 KYRGYZSTAN – Kyrgyz Supreme Council Election. NEW CALEDONIA – Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 BERLIN - Informal meeting of EU Energy Ministers meeting (to Oct. 6). BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting.

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 HANOI - Vietnam hosts ASEAN senior officials' meeting in Hanoi. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 Luxembourg – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Oct 09) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 TAJIKISTAN – President election - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

BRUSSELS - European Council arrives for a two-day summit (to Oct 16) - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 NEW ZEALAND – Referendum election. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 GUINEA – Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

SEYCHELLES – President election - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 CHILE – Referendum Election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 KUALA LUMPUR - Finance ministers of APEC countries meet to address regional macroeconomic and financial issues as well as domestic and regional financial policy priorities during the APEC-Finance Ministers' Meeting in Malaysia (to Oct. 28) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 GEORGIA – Georgian Parliament Election. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 03 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup Meeting. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 04 BRUSSELS – EU meeting of Economic and Financial affairs ministers

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