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Today in Washington ——————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————————————– WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26

** BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith and spouse Naly Sisoulith visits Brunei (to Oct. 26).

** ABU DHABI – Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer will visit UAE.

** TEHRAN – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makei is on an official visit to Iran

** ASTRAKHAN/ASTANA – Belarus Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko will visit Astrakhan and Astana (to Oct. 28).

** NAIROBI – Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will make a joint statement in Nairobi with Kenya’s new President William Ruto – 0800 GMT

** BRUSSELS – EU Commission Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni speaks at a Generali event.

** PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a meeting in Paris – 1030 GMT

** TOKYO – Lithuania’s Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte meets Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo – 1000 GMT

** RIGA – Roberta Metsola President of the European Parliament visits Latvia, speaks to parliament in Riga. SINGAPORE – Abdullah of Pahang King of Malaysia and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah arrive in Singapore for state visit (To Oct 28) TOKYO – Antti Kaikkonen Minister of Defence of Finland will make a working visit to Japan (To Oct 27) VILNIUS – King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium are starting their three-day state visit to Lithuania (final day). CANBERRA – The Deputy Minister of National Defence of the Hellenic Republic Nikolaos Hardalias will visit Australia (to Oct. 29). TAIPEI CITY – Taiwan hosts the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy’s World Movement for Democracy summit (to Oct. 27). TOKYO – Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Mori, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Vice Foreign Minister of South Korea Cho Hyun-dong hold a trilateral meeting in Tokyo. JAKARTA – Eamon Gilmore EU Special Representative for Human Rights will visit Indonesia ahead of the 4th ASEAN-EU Policy Dialogue on Human Rights. ATHENS – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Athens (to Oct. 27). BRUSSELS – Romania Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels – 1000 GMT SKOPJE – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen travels to North Macedonia. BRUSSELS – Valdis Dombrovskis European Commissioner for Trade meets International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hold a press conference following talks in Paris – 1300 GMT RIYADH – Turkey’s Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati speaks at Future Investment Initiative Forum in Saudi Arabia – 0830 GMT BRUSSELS – The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Urmas Reinsalu, at NATO Headquarters. BRUSSELS – European Commission director general of defense Timo Pesonen at a European Parliament committee hearing – 0700 GMT. MADRID – Spain’s economic affairs minister Nadia Calvino, and the President of the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) Rodrigo Buenaventura, close a CNMV conference “Towards a more sustainable finance system” – 1130 GMT. BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca, holds news conference – 1215 GMT. PRETORIA – South Africa’s finance minister Enoch Godongwana will present medium term budget policy statement, which updates economic forecasts, adjusts the budget and makes emergency changes to spending – 1200 GMT. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27

** TOKYO – Luis Lacalle Pou, President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, will pay an Official Working Visit to Japan (to Oct. 29).

** OTTAWA – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Ottawa, Canada.

** NEW YORK CITY – U.N. Security Council to meet on Ukraine at Russia’s request – 1900 GMT

** BRUSSELS – Johannes Hahn European Commissioner for Budget meets International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. ATHENS – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet and hold a press conference at the Maximos Mansion in Athens – 0630 GMT TIRANA/ PRISTINA – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen travels to Albania and Kosovo. OSLO – EU energy commissioner Kadri Simsom to visit Norway to discuss a number of energy topics and will hold a press conference together with Norwegian oil and energy minister Terje Aasland following a meeting between the two – 1000 GMT BERLIN – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner holds a press conference on new estimates for tax revenue – 1300 GMT BRUSSELS – Paolo Gentiloni European Commissioner for Economy meets International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. JAKARTA – Southeast Asian foreign ministers will hold a special meeting in Indonesia PRETORIA – The president of the Kingdom of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, will conduct a state visit to South Africa and meet with President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria – 0800 GMT. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28

** MONTREAL, Canada – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Montreal (to Oct 29) SARAJEVO/ PODGORICA – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen travels to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro BRUSSELS – Paolo Gentiloni European Commissioner for Economy delivers a speech at the EU Sustainable Investment Summit – Session 2 ‘Clean, secure and affordable energy for the future’. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 BELGRADE – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen travels to Serbia. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 PRAGUE – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers (to Oct. 31). – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1

** BEIJING – Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will pay official visit to China at the invitation of Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (to Nov. 2).

** TALLINN – Norway’s foreign minister Anniken Huitfeldt visits her Estonian counterpart Urmas Reinsalu in Tallinn. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3

** LISBON – Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov holds news conference at Lisbon’s Web Summit – 1000 GMT

** MADRID – Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez will visit Spain (To Nov 4)

** MADRID – Spain´s economy minister Nadia Calvino open Santander International Banking Conference “GROWTH IN A FRAGMENTING WORLD” – 0745 GMT BEIJING – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reportedly plans a visit to China (To Nov.4) SEOUL – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit South Korea. (To Nov. 5) MANAMA – Pope Francis visits Bahrain (to Nov. 6). MUNSTER, Germany – G7 foreign ministers to meet in Munster (to Nov. 4). – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4

** TALLINN – Estonian Finance Minister Annely Akkermann meets with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, ECB chief Christine Lagarde and local entrepreneurs – 0930 GMT TEHRAN – 43rd 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. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 GLOBAL – International day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 WASHINGTON, D.C. – US House of Representatives election. WASHINGTON, D.C. – US Senate election. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9

** SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Finance ministers convene at COP27.

** BERLIN – Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez will visit Germany (To Nov 10)

** JERUSALEM – Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, will visit Israel – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 NEW DELHI – US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to visit India to attend the US-India economic and financial partnership ahead of the G20 meeting. PHNOM PENH – Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) bloc and counterparts from other related countries attend the 40th and 41st regional summit (to Nov. 13). BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (budget) meeting. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 BRUSSELS – World Pneumonia Day. MANAMA – Bahraini Council of Representatives election. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 YANGON, Myanmar – 11th anniversary of release of Myanmar’s detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 GLOBAL – World Diabetes Day. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AMMAN – King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden will pay a State Visit to Jordan, at the invitation of His Majesty King Abdullah. (To Nov. 17) BALI – Indonesia set to host the G20 Summit on the resort island of Bali (to November 16). BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (defense) meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 GLOBAL – International day for tolerance. GLOBAL – World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 GLOBAL – World Prematurity Day. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 VUKOVAR, Croatia – 31st anniversary of the Vukovar massacre. On Nov. 18, 1991, Serb militia and Yugoslav army troops who refused to accept Croatia’s independence captured the once prosperous, ethnically mixed town on the banks of the Danube, after reducing it to a rubble in a brutal three-month siege. BANGKOK – Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) inter-governmental forum from 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim attends the annual summit in Bangkok (To Nov 19) BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20 GLOBAL – World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic victims. MALABO – Equatorial Guinea holds snap presidential election. MALABO – Equatorial Guinean Chamber of Deputies Election. KATHMANDU – House of Representatives of Nepal Election. MALABO – Equatorial Guinean Senate Election. ASTANA – Kazakhstan holds snap presidential election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 KRONG SIEM REAP, Cambodia – 9th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers’ Meeting (To Nov 23) – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting. LONDON – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will make a state visit to Britain, Buckingham Palace. (To Nov. 24) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 GLOBAL – International day for elimination of violence against women. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26

** TAIPEI CITY – Taiwan holds key mayoral elections. MUMBAI, India – 14th anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on Nov. 26, 2008 lasted nearly three days and left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 TOKYO – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Japan (to Nov. 30). TEHRAN, Iran – 11th anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry over Britain’s unilateral sanctions. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1

** GLOBAL – World AIDS Day. WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden hosts French President Emmanuel Macron at White house for state visit. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15 BRUSSELS – European Council meeting (To Dec 16) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx