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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

** BOGOTA - Colombia's President Gustavo Petro will pay a visit to Japan (to Sep 6)

NEW DELHI - Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will visit India to boost India-Singapore trade, FDI, and people-to-people ties (Final Day).


TAIPEI CITY - Saint Lucian Deputy Prime Minister Ernest Hilaire has arrived in Taiwan for a five-day visit to enhance bilateral exchanges (To Sept. 6)


TOKYO - Panama's President, José Raúl Mulino, will make an official visit to Japan, with an agenda focused on economy, investment and trade that includes a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (To Sept. 6).


BEIJING - Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, has departed to Tianjin, China, on a six-day official visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping (Final Day).


MEXICO CITY - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, will visit Mexico (Final Day).


MUSCAT - Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq to visit the Sultanate of Oman (Final Day).


VATICAN CITY - The President of Israel Isaac Herzog meets with Pope Leo and the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on a one-day visit to the Vatican.


PARIS - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.


BIHAR, INDIA - Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, accompanied by Je Khenpo, Trulku Jigme Choeda, the Chief Abbot of Bhutan (the head monk), pay an official visit to India to attend the consecration ceremony of the Royal Bhutan Temple in Rajgir, Bihar.


BEIJING - Slovak PM Robert Fico to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping


CZECH REPUBLIC - NATO Secreatery-General Mark Rutte speaks at the IISS Prague defence summit. - 0800 GMT


QUITO - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will hold a meeting with Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa in Quito. Rubio will then take press questions alongside Ecuador's Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld. - 1400 GMT


BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of energy ministers (to Sept. 5)


BOUGAINVILLE - Bougainvillean House of Representatives election


BOUGAINVILLE - Bougainvillean presidency election


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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5


BRATISLAVA - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in eastern Slovakia.

TOKYO - Australia and Japan will hold a two-plus-two meeting in Tokyo attended by Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong, as well as their Japanese counterparts Gen Nakatani and Takeshi Iwaya.


MUNICH, Germany - 53rd anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, killing 11 Israelis.


TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2025. (To Sept. 14)

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6


INDIA/BANGLADESH - 14th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.


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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7


PHNOM PENH - Philippine President Bongbong Marcos visits Cambodia (To Sept. 9)


TOKYO - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will make a two-day visit to Japan. (To Sep. 8).


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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8


VILNIUS - Polish president Karol Nawrocki visits Lithuania.


NORWAY -Norwegian Parliament election.


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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11


UNITED STATES – 24th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.


VARANASI, India - Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam will arrive in Kashi for his first-ever bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.


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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14


MACAU - Chinese Legislative Council (Macau) Election.


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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15


** ATHENS - Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis meets Libyan counterpart Al-Taher Al-Baour.


GLOBAL - International Day of Democracy.


GUATEMALA – 204th anniversary of Independence.


EL SALVADOR – 204th anniversary of Independence.


COSTA RICA – 204th anniversary of Independence.


HONDURAS – 204th anniversary of Independence.


NICARAGUA – 204th anniversary of Independence.

LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump visits Britain (to Sept 19)


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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16


** German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will receive his Polish counterpart, Karol Nawrocki, in the Bellevue Palace during Nawrocki's visit to Berlin.


RIGA - Finnish President Alexander Stubb will pay a state visit to Latvia. President Stubb and Latvia's President Edgars Rinkevics hold a joint press conference in Riga after a meeting on bilateral relations between the two countries, defense cooperation, security in the Baltic Sea, war in Ukraine, and the Middle East. (To Sep. 17)


BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council Meeting.


MALAWI - Malawian National Assembly Election.


MALAWI - Malawian Presidency Election.


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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17


LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump makes second state visit to Britain. (To Sep. 19)


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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19


NAYPYIDAW - Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan will lead an official ASEAN team to assess the situation in Myanmar

LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump makes second state visit to Britain (to Sept 20)


COPENHAGEN - EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept. 20)


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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20


MUNICH – 190th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct 5).


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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21


BERLIN – 51st BMW Berlin Marathon.


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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22


KUALA LUMPUR - Economy ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional bloc hold a series of meetings in Malaysia (to September 28).


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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23


NEW YORK – Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian will travel to New York for the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24


BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 52nd anniversary of Independence from Portugal.


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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25


SEYCHELLES - Seychellois Presidency Election.


SEYCHELLES - Seychellois National Assembly Election.


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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26


WASHINGTON DC. - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit U.S. for high-level United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session.


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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28


GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.


SWITZERLAND – Referendum Election.


MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF - Moldovan Parliament Election.


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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1


COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark hosts informal meetings with EU heads of state or government of the 27 EU member states.


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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3


CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech Chamber of Deputies election.


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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9


COPENHAGEN - Denmark hosts an informal meeting of the EU’s development ministers (to Oct 10)


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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12


CAMEROON - Cameroonian Presidency election.


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MONDAY, OCTOBER 13


COPENHAGEN - Denmark hosts an informal meeting of the EU's trade ministers (to October 14).


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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16


ROME - Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi to visit Europe for meetings with Pope Leo XIV, European leaders and EU officials.


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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19


NORTHERN CYPRUS - Northern Cypriot Presidency election.


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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26


ARGENTINA - Argentinian Chamber of Deputies election.


ARGENTINA - Argentinian Senate election.


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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29


United Republic of Tanzania - Tanzanian Presidency election.


Netherlands - Dutch Second Chamber election.


United Republic of Tanzania - Tanzanian National Assembly election.


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