DIARY-Political and General News Events from November 7
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
** ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan hosts his Romanian counterpart Oana Toiu in Ankara.
** NEW YORK CITY - Argentina's President Javier Milei takes part in an event at the Council of the Americas in New York.
** ROME - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets Prime Minister Georgia Meloni during his visit to Italy. - 1400 GMT
** TORONTO - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will speak about the budget in an address to the Canadian Club Toronto. - 1800 GMT
BELEM, Brazil - COP30 climate summit (final day).
WELLINGTON - Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal will make his first official visit to New Zealand to strengthen the growing New Zealand-India trade and economic partnership. (to November 8).
MONTEVIDEO - Finland’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio will visit Uruguay (to November 9).
BEIJING - Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will undertake a four-day working visit to the People's Republic of China (final day).
RIYADH/MANAMA - Malaysia's King Sultan Ibrahim has embarked on a historic four-day state visit to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to strengthen diplomatic ties with both nations, which span 68 years. (final day)
COLOMBO - Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations of the Holy See, will undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka (to November 8).
BRASÍLIA/ MEXICO CITY - French President Emmanuel Macron visits Brazil and Mexico (final day)
BEIJING - Georgia's Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili to pay an official visit to China (to Nov. 8)
SINGAPORE - Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will visiting Singapore on Friday to mark 60 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
STOCKHOLM - Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson holds press conference with Ukraine's Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal in Sweden's capital Stockholm - 0930 GMT
WASHINGTON DC - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss a path to a U.S.-Russia meeting and seek exemption from U.S. energy sanctions, Orban's chief of staff said.
MEXICO CITY - President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed that French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Mexico to discuss the repatriation of ancient Mexican codices.
ROME- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Rome.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
** LUANDA/GABORONE – President of India Droupadi Murmu will be travelling to the African nations of Angola and Botswana. (To Nov. 13)
BAKU - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visits Azerbaijan.
NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia – Princess Anne, sister of King Charles III, will visit Australia for four days. (To Nov. 11)
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
BAGHDAD - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will pay a visit to Iraq.
SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA - The CELAC-EU Summit will take place in Santa Marta, Colombia, on November 9-10, bringing together leaders from 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations and 27 EU member states to strengthen bi-regional cooperation, Colombian government announced. (to Nov 10)
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10
** BEIJING - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Espen Barth Eide will pay an official visit to China (To Nov. 11)
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House.
BEIJING - King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain make a state visit to China. (To Nov. 13)
CAIRO - Egyptian House of Representatives election.
HAMBURG, Germany - German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil sits down with DIE ZEIT newspaper to discuss the government's budget, plans for defence spending and compulsory military service, as well as other domestic and international topics. - 1900 GMT
BELEM, Brazil - Brazil hosts the United Nations climate summit, COP30 in Belem (to November 21)
BEIJING - King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain make a state visit to China. (To Nov. 11)
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
ONTARIO, Canada - Indian External affairs minister S Jaishankar to visit Canada for a meeting of the foreign ministers of the intergovernmental forum G7 in the scenic Niagara region of the province of Ontario (To Nov. 12)
ONTARIO - G7 foreign ministers gather in Ontario, Canada for meeting. (To Nov 12)
IRAQ - Iraqi Council of Representatives election.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
MOSCOW - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visits Russia.
BRUSSELS - World Pneumonia Day.
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13
BEIJING - Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn will pay a visit to China (to November 17).
YANGON, Myanmar – 15th Anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained opposition Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, From House Arrest.
BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14
GLOBAL - World Diabetes Day.
GLOBAL - World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day.
BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15
** BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella in Berlin - 1400 GMT
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16
** BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his Italian couterpart Sergio Mattarella lay a wreath at Neue Wache in Berlin - 1130 GMT
ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda - International Day for Tolerance.
CHILE - Chilean Chamber of Deputies election.
CHILE - Chilean Senate election.
CHILE - Chilean Presidency election.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17
ASTANA - Estonian President Alar Karis to visit Kazakhstan to boost cooperation between the two countries in the economic, educational and digital spheres. (Till Nov. 19).
GLOBAL - World Prematurity Day.
BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
** BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria in Berlin - 1300 GMT
WASHINGTON DC, United States - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the White House to meet with the U.S. President Donald Trump eight years after his 2017 trip to Washington, DC. The two countries are hoping to seal a defense agreement and Trump is also reported to want to convince Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords.
BELEM, Brazil - Brazil hosts the United Nations climate summit, COP30 in Belem.
VUKOVAR, Croatia – 34th Anniversary of Vukovar Massacre.
GLOBAL - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20
BRUSSELS - EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum (to November 21).
BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers meet in Brussels.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21
PARIS, France - French President Macron will make an official visit to Mauritius on the sidelines of his participation in the G20 summit. (To Nov. 22)
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22
JOHANNESBURG - Leaders gather for two-day G20 summit in South Africa (to Nov. 23).
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23
Guinea-Bissau - Bissau-Guinean Presidency election.
Guinea-Bissau - Bissau-Guinean People's National Assembly election.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24
LUANDA - Angola hosts EU-African Union summit. Marking 25 years of EU-AU partnership, the summit comes as Angola holds the rotating African Union presidency. The leaders of 27 EU countires and 55 African union countires are expected to focus on strengthening cooperation in key areas such as peace and security, economic integration, trade, multilateralism, green development, digitalisation, migration, mobility and human development. (To Nov. 25)
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) election.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25
ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26
MUMBAI, India - 17th 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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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27
ANKARA - Pope Leo will visit Turkey (To Nov. 30)
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29
TEHRAN, Iran – 14th Anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian Students and Protesters angry over Britain's Unilateral Sanctions.
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30
SWITZERLAND - Referendum election.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras holds presidential election.
BEIRUT - Pope Leo will visit Lebanon (To Dec. 2)
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 1
LEBANON - Pope Leo XIV visit to Lebanon (to Dec 2).
BRUSSELS, Belgium - EU defence ministers meet in Brussels.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3
WINDSOR CASTLE, UK – President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, accompanied by the First Lady of Germany, Elke Büdenbender, will be greeted by His Majesty and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle (to Dec 5).
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SUNDAY, DECEMEBER 7
HONG KONG - Hong Kong Legislative Council election.
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THURSDAY, DECEMEBER 11
BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.
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FRIDAY, DECEMEBER 12
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting .
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MONDAY, DECEMEBER 15
BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
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TUESDAY, DECEMEBER 16
BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.
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THURSDAY, DECEMEBER 18
BRUSSELS - European Council meeting (to December 19).
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28
CONAKRY, Guinea - Guinea will hold its first presidential election since a coup in 2021, which allowed coup leader Mamady Doumbouya to seize power.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Central African Presidency election.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Central African National Assembly election.
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