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Today in Washington ——————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————————————– FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

** SOFIA – Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyev, will pay an official visit to Bulgaria (to October 1).

** SINGAPORE – President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame will make a working visit to Singapore. SYDNEY – Singapore Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen will make an official visit to Australia (final day). SAN JOSÉ – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold talks with the Costa Rican government as part of its third review of the country’s economic reforms (to Oct. 4). VIENNA – IAEA 66th General Conference (final day). MEXICO CITY – Mexico Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier will speak at the three-day North Capital Forum in Mexico City (final day) MEXICO CITY – UNESCO to host World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development in Mexico (final day) HANOI – Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz will pay an official friendship visit to Vietnam (to Oct. 2). SOFIA – Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to meet Bulgarian President Rumen Radev. MADRID – Spain´s eeconomy minister Nadia Calviño holds a meeting in Madrid with the Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders. ALICANTE, Spain – Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, attends EuroMed or MED-9 summit, which will host the presidents of the nine Southern countries of the European Union, including Cyprus, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. BRUSSELS – Magrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for the digital age and competition, gives keynote speech at a conference of the Institute of International & European Affairs on “Europe in Changing Times” – 1230 GMT ALICANTE, Spain – Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, holds a meeting with Janez Janša, Prime Minister of Slovenia – 0730 GMT CZECH REPUBLIC – Czech upper house election – second round (to Oct. 1). BRUSSELS – European Union energy ministers meet to discuss soaring prices – 0630 GMT. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 MADRID – The 2022 La Toja Forum concludes with the participation of Josep Borrell, vice-president of the European Commission – 0700 GMT GLOBAL – International day of older persons. ABUJA – Nigeria to celebrate its 62nd year of independence. CHINA – 73rd founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. LATVIA – Latvian Parliament Election. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2

** GENEVA – Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will meet in Geneva GUINEA – 64th anniversary of independence from France. GLOBAL – International day of non-violence. BRAZIL – Brazil Presidential Election. BRAZIL – Brazilian Federal Senate Election. BRAZIL – Brazilian Chamber of Deputies Election. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives Election. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – Chairman of the Presidency Election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, OCTOBER 3

** BOGOTA – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will arrive in Colombia to meet with Colombian President Gustavo Petro

** BUDAPEST – Press conference following Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s meeting with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Aleksandar Vucic, president of Serbia.- 1230 GMT

** PRAGUE – Slovakia’s new Foreign Minister, Rastislav Kacer, visits Prague to meet his counterpart Jan Lipavsky. – 0815 GMT. LUXEMBOURG – Eurozone finance ministers to discuss the response to the economic situation in the bloc with high energy prices and inflation in a meeting in Luxembourg, also attended by Secretary-General of the OECD Mathias Cormann – 0800 GMT LONDON – British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng speaks at the annual Conservative party conference in the aftermath of the pound plummeting following his mini budget. LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 TALLINN – President of Finland Sauli Niinistö will pay a working visit to Estonia and meet with Estonian counterpart Alar Karis to discuss bilateral relations between Finland and Estonia GENEVA – Ukraine debate at UN Human Rights Council . LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 GLOBAL – World Teachers’ Day. SAN FRANCISCO – 11th death anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. MADRID – Spain´s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at German-Spanish summit in Madrid. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 PRAGUE – EU leaders meet at informal summit in Prague (to Oct. 7). – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 MOSCOW – 16th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 GLOBAL – World Post Day. AUSTRIA – 2022 Austrian presidential election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 GLOBAL – World mental health day. GLOBAL – World day against death penalty. FIJI – 52nd anniversary of independence. CANBERRA – Australia’s energy minister Chris Bowen speaks at Australian Financial Review Climate and Energy Summit. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 BRATISLAVA – Presidents of Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic, the Visegrad Group, meet in Slovakia. BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels. MEXICO CITY – Mexico economy minister Tatiana Clouthier, business leaders speak at LATAM Mobility Summit (to Oct. 12) PRAGUE – EU Informal meeting of energy ministers (to Oct. 12). STOCKHOLM – Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on a three-day state visit to Sweden (to Oct. 13). – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 BRUSSELS – NATO defense ministers meet in Brussels (To Oct 13) BALI – 20th anniversary of Bali bombings. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 MANILA – Philippines finance minister Benjamin Diokno delivers keynote speech at a convention for thrift banks – 1800 GMT. GLOBAL – World Sight Day. GLOBAL – International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction. SAN JOSE, Chile – 12th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine. BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference as defense ministers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation gather in Brussels (to Oct. 14). LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Oct. 14). – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 GLOBAL – United Nation’s world hand-washing day. GLOBAL – International day of rural women. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 SYDNEY – Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Australia (to October 18). GLOBAL – World food day. BEIJING – China to hold 20th Communist party congress starting on Oct. 16. BERLIN – World Health Organization hold 2022 Summit in Berlin (to Oct. 18). – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 HANOI – OECD-Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum (to October 18). GLOBAL – International day for the eradication of poverty. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 JERUSALEM – 11th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 BANGKOK – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance ministers meeting (to Oct. 21). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 TRIPOLI – 11th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. BRUSSELS – European Council meeting (to Oct. 21). – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 BRUSSELS – EU leaders meet in Brussels. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 LIBYA – 10th anniversary of declaration of Libya’s Liberation. VAN, Turkey – 10th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others. SLOVENIA – Slovenia holds presidential elections. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 TAIPEI CITY – Taiwan hosts the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy’s World Movement for Democracy summit (to Oct. 27). – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen host a conference on post-war reconstruction of Ukraine in Berlin. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 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. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s finance minister will announce budget plans for 2023 amid higher subsidy bills and rising prices that are hurting fiscal strength. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 PRAGUE – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers (to Oct. 31). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 MANAMA – Pope Francis visits Bahrain (to November 6). MUNSTER, Germany – G7 foreign ministers to meet in Munster (to Nov. 4). – – – – – – – – – 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. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 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. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 BALI – Indonesia set to host the G20 Summit on the resort island of Bali (to November 16). BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (defense) meeting. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 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. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 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