Political and General News Events from Sept 21

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Today in Washington ——————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————————————– WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 ** MAPUTO – President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi hosts President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania on a State Visit. NEW YORK CITY, United States – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg travels to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly. (to September 23).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President of Guyana Irfaan Ali was set to depart Guyana for a series of engagements in the United States of America including a meeting with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (final day). LONDON – London Boat Show 2022 (to Sept. 25).

NEW DELHI – Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong will visit India. (final day)

MEXICO CITY/SAN JOSE – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to visit Mexico, Costa Rica (to Sep.22). WASHINGTON D.C. – The President of Turkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will be on a visit to the United States (To Sept 22) MUNICH – 187th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct 3). NEW YORK – President of Philippines Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. will visit New York to attract foreign investors as he tries to sell the Philippines as an important emerging economy and investment destination in Asia. (To Sept. 24) LONDON/NEW YORK/OTTAWA – South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol plans to visit London, New York and Canada. (To Sept. 24)

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) NEW DELHI – Indian finance, trade and aviation ministers and their counterparts from Germany, Tajikistan and New Zealand will speak at various thematic plenaries planned during a two-days event organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. (final day) NEW YORK CITY – The high-level General Debate at the UN General Assembly (To Sept 26)

PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron hosts IAEA chief Rafael Grossi and Ukrainian PM to discuss perspective for creating a security zone around the Zaphorizia nuclear power plant. Unclear of Russia will attend. – 0930 GMT

DJIBOUTI CITY – Minister of State for External Affairs of the Republic of India Shri V. Muraleedharan will pay an official visit to the Republic of Djibouti (to Sep. 22). NEW YORK CITY, United States – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres as part of his trip to New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly.

NEW YORK CITY, United States – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to speak to press after Leader’s Roundtable on Climate Action. – 2100 GMT

BERLIN – German Finance Minister Lindner speaks on energy crisis, inflation, recession fears – 0800 GMT. BRAZZAVILLE – The intergovernmental commission between Russia and the Republic of the Congo will meet in the Congo’s capital of Brazzaville (To Sept 23) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 ** WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds meetings on sidelines of United Nations General Assembly.

** BERLIN – German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht hosts her French counterpart, Sébastien Lecornu, for a meeting in Berlin, after which they will give statements to the press. – 1030 GMT

** NEW YORK CITY, United States – Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York – 1730 GMT

** BALI, Indonesia – Mexico’s Deputy Economy Minister Luz Maria de la Mora attends the Trade, Investment and Industry Ministerial Meeting in Bali (to September 23).

NEW YORK CITY, United States – YAB Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Prime Minister of Malaysia, will lead Malaysia’s delegation to the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (77th UNGA) in New York, United States of America (Sept. 25). NEW YORK CITY, United States – Press conference by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his visit to New York for the U.N. General Assembly – 1400 GMT

NEW YORK CITY, United States – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses the UN Assembly at the end of a four-day visit to the UN. – 2100 GMT

BUDAPEST – Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner for Energy, to speak at a conference in Budapest in the panel titled “Energy Transition and Energy Security in Central and Eastern Europe in the wake of the War in Ukraine.” – 0830 GMT.

BERLIN – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner discusses current and future challenges for the financial sector at an event organized by the German insurers’ association GDV – 0745 GMT.

NEW YORK CITY – U.N. Security Council to meet on Ukraine during annual gathering of world leaders for the U.N. General Assembly – 1400 GMT. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

BERLIN, Germany – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Berlin, days after thousands of protesters denouncing high inflation and fuel prices demanded the pro-Western president’s resignation. – 0800 GMT

NEW YORK CITY, United States – Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Foreign Affairs Minister of Jordan Ayman Al Safadi speak at forum on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. – 1400 GMT

NEW YORK CITY, United States – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to host meeting of world leaders, heads of International Financial Institutions, heads of United Nations agencies and other partners on “the collective response needed to address the global job crisis and support the billions of people that continue to be excluded from social protection.” – 1515 GMT

NEW YORK CITY, NY – Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Prime Minister of Malaysia, addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York – 1900 GMT. NEW YORK CITY, NY – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly – 1200 GMT. NEW YORK CITY, NY – Lebanon’s foreign minister, Abdallah Bouhabib, speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

PRAGUE – Czechs hold elections for upper house, local councils. (To Sept. 24) – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

** TAIPEI CITY – Taiwan hosts the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy’s World Movement for Democracy summit. (to October 27)

NEW YORK CITY, United States – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks at U.N. General Assembly – 1645 GMT

RIYADH – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is scheduled to meet the Saudi king and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

BISSAU – Guinea-Bissau marks 49th anniversary of Independence from Portugal. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 ITALY – Polls open in Italy’s general election

BERLIN – BMW Berlin Marathon. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE – Sao Tomean National Assembly Election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

NEW YORK CITY, NY – Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York – 1300 GMT.

TOKYO – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Tokyo to attend the state funeral for Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was assassinated in July. (To Sept. 27) VIENNA – IAEA 66th General Conference (to Sept 30). – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 NEW YORK CITY – U.N. Security Council to meet on Afghanistan – 1400 GMT. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 GENEVA – UN Human Rights Council to discuss China-backed debate on colonialism

WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden hosts leaders of Pacific Island nations at gathering in Washington (To Sept 29). GLOBAL – World Rabies Day. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait holds parliamentary elections. SEOUL – President of South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol will meet with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Seoul.

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CZECH REPUBLIC – Czech upper house election – second round (to Oct. 1).

BRUSSELS – European Union energy ministers meet to discuss soaring prices. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 LATVIA – Latvian Parliament Election. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 ** GENEVA – Ukraine debate at UN Human Rights Council

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 LUXEMBOURG – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 MADRID – Spain´s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at German-Spanish summit in Madrid. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 AUSTRIA – 2022 Austrian presidential election.

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CANBERRA – Australia’s energy minister Chris Bowen speaks at Australian Financial Review Climate and Energy Summit. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 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 Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels.

– – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference as defense ministers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation gather in Brussels. (to October 14).

LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Oct. 14) – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 BEIJING – China to hold 20th Communist party congress starting on October 16. BERLIN – World Health Organization hold 2022 Summit in Berlin (to October 18). – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 BANGKOK – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance ministers meeting (To Oct 21) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 BRUSSELS – European Council meeting. (To Oct. 21) – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21

BRUSSELS – EU leaders meet in Brussels – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 SLOVENIA – Slovenia holds presidential elections – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 PRAGUE – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To Oct. 31) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 MUNSTER, Germany – G7 foreign ministers to meet in Munster (To Nov 4).

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BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

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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.

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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

BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting.

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