DIARY — Political and General News Events from September 18
Sept 18 (Reuters) — For other diaries, please see: Political and General News POL/DIARY Top Economic Events M/DIARY Emerging Markets Economic Events EMRG/DIARY Government Debt Auctions D/DIARY U.S. Federal Reserve FED/DIARY Today in Washington WASH/DIARY This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events Friday, September 18 * BRUSSELS - European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic meets industry chiefs to discuss resilience and diversification, particularly in the light of Brussels' discussions with Beijing to lower the EU's trade deficit with China and to reduce EU reliance on China for critical minerals * KYIV - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic visits Ukraine to join the Carpathian Initiative summit. * HESSE, Germany - Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, visits Germany, where he will be presented with the Hessian Peace Prize in recognition of his efforts to establish peace in the South Caucasus *TORONTO - Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Gerapetritis visits Canada (To Sept 19). WASHINGTON, D.C. — South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun visits the United States for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (to September 19) WASHINGTON, D.C.
S. Federal Reserve FED/DIARY Today in Washington WASH/DIARY This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events Friday, September 18 * BRUSSELS - European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic meets industry chiefs to discuss resilience and diversification, particularly in the light of Brussels' discussions with Beijing to lower the EU's trade deficit with China and to reduce EU reliance on China for critical minerals * KYIV - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic visits Ukraine to join the Carpathian Initiative summit.
* HESSE, Germany - Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, visits Germany, where he will be presented with the Hessian Peace Prize in recognition of his efforts to establish peace in the South Caucasus *TORONTO - Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Gerapetritis visits Canada (To Sept 19). C. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
C. — Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics visits the United States. N. General Assembly in New York and holds meetings in Washington, Los Angeles and San Diego focused on defense, technology and business cooperation.
(to September 28) JAKARTA — Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi visits Indonesia. Ahmad Zahid holds talks with Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, attends the H20 Summit and signs an agreement on rural development cooperation. (to September 20) EDINBURGH — Irish President Catherine Connolly visits Scotland. (to September 19) TORONTO — 51st Annual Toronto International Film Festival 2026 (To Sept.
20) VIENNA — IAEA 70th General Conference (final day) MANILA — Economic and trade ministers of ASEAN countries hold high-level meetings in Manila. (To Sept. 22) CZECHIA — Jordan's King Abdullah visits Czech Republic, meets President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Andrej Babis — 0800 GMT NEW DELHI — Nepal Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle visits India. Wagle meets Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S.
Jaishankar and participates in events focused on economic, diplomatic and trade cooperation.
(to September 20) BRUSSELS — Eurogroup meeting BRUSSELS — EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (To September 19) RUSSIA — Russian Federal Duma election Saturday, September 19 MUNICH — 200th Munich Oktoberfest (To October 4) Sunday, September 20 * NEW YORK CITY, United States - Qatar's Prime Minister and other top leaders to speak at an event of the Qatar Economic Forum in New York, held as the Middle East war and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues to prevent Qatar from shipping LNG, exacting a deep economic impact on the Gulf Arab state.
NEW YORK /OTTAWA — Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary and State President To Lam attends the high-level general debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly and holds bilateral meetings in the United States before paying a State visit to Canada. N. General Assembly. — - — - — - — - — Monday, September 21 NANJING, China — Taiwan Labor Minister Hung Sun-han to attend the APEC Human Resources Development Ministerial Meeting in Nanjing, marking the first visit to China by a minister-level official from President Lai Ching-te's administration.
MANILA — ASEAN energy ministers, senior officials hold meetings. (To September 25) Tuesday, September 22 * IOWA/NEW YORK - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visits Iowa and New York (To Sept 22). BOGOTA — Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez is set to visit her Colombian counterpart Abelardo De La Espriella in Barranquilla, to discuss expanded cooperation on anti-narcotics and the fight against crime. BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA — Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella meets Costa Rican President Laura Fernández Delgado.
BRUSSELS — EU General Affairs Council — - — - — - — - — Wednesday, September 23 MOROCCO — Moroccan Chamber of Representatives election Thursday, September 24 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, UNITED STATES — Czech President Petr Pavel visits the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. BRUSSELS — EU industry ministers gather in Brussels to discuss competitiveness. S. President Donald Trump has announced.
— - — - — - — - — Friday, September 25 PARIS — Pope Leo visits France (To September 28) Saturday, September 26 * UNITED NATIONS - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will address the UN General Assembly. Sunday, September 27 BERLIN — 52nd BMW Berlin Marathon SWITZERLAND — Switzerland Referendum election SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE — Sao Tomean National Assembly election Monday, September 28 GLOBAL — World Rabies Day SEOUL — South Korea marks the 76th anniversary of recovering Seoul from North Korea during the Korean War.
BRUSSELS — EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting BRUSSELS — EU Informal meeting of energy ministers (To September 29) — - — - — - — - — Tuesday, September 29 MADRID — French President Emmanuel Macron visits Madrid, meets with Spain's Royals and Prime Minister Sanchez (to September 30). LUXEMBOURG — Finland President Alexander Stubb and spouse Suzanne Innes-Stubb to pay a state visit to Luxembourg. (To September 30) Wednesday, September 30 DUBLIN — Informal meeting of EU health ministers (to October 1).
MANILA — ASEAN defense ministers hold annual meetings (To October 1) Thursday, October 1 GLOBAL — International Day of Older Persons ABUJA — Nigeria celebrates its 66th year of independence CHINA — 77th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China LUXEMBOURG — EU Justice and Home Affairs Council (To October 2) Friday, October 2 MONACO — Italian President Sergio Mattarella visits Monaco for talks with Prince Albert II during the first state visit to the Principality by an Italian head of state (To October 3) GUINEA — 68th anniversary of independence from France GLOBAL — International Day of Non-Violence Saturday, October 3 LATVIA — Latvian Parliament Election Sunday, October 4 VIRTUAL — OPEC+ members Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman hold a monthly meeting to review global oil market conditions and compliance with voluntary production adjustments.
BRAZIL — Brazilian Chamber of Deputies Election BRAZIL — Brazilian Federal Senate Election BRAZIL — Brazilian Presidency Election BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA — Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Election BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA — Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives Election LONDON — The OPEC+ JMMC will meet to discuss market conditions and production data. The Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) comprises Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Algeria and Venezuela. — - — - — - — - — Monday, October 5 GLOBAL — World Teachers' Day SAN FRANCISCO, CA — 15th Death Anniversary of Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs.
Wednesday, October 7 GREECE — Greece hosts East Mediterranean gas forum in Athens.
MOSCOW — 20th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya Thursday, October 8 GLOBAL — World Sight Day LUXEMBOURG — Eurogroup Meeting Friday, October 9 GLOBAL — World Post Day LUXEMBOURG — EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council CZECH REPUBLIC — Czech Senate Election Saturday, October 10 GLOBAL — World mental health day GLOBAL — World Day against death penalty FIJI — 56th anniversary of independence Monday, October 12 LUXEMBOURG — EU Foreign Affairs Council BALI — 24th anniversary of Bali bombings — - — - — - — - — Tuesday, October 13 GLOBAL — International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction SAN JOSE, Chile — 16th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.
LUXEMBOURG — EU General Affairs Council BANGKOK — Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Annual meetings. (To October 18) Thursday, October 15 BRUSSELS — European Council (To October 16) GLOBAL — United Nation's world hand-washing day GLOBAL — International day of rural women Friday, October 16 GLOBAL — World food day Saturday, October 17 GLOBAL — International day for the eradication of poverty Sunday, October 18 JERUSALEM — 15th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Tuesday, October 20 WINDSOR, England — Oman's Haitham bin Tariq visits United Kingdom to headline a three-day state visit hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla (To October 22) TRIPOLI — 15th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Thursday, October 22 BRUSSELS — EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To October 23) SAUDI ARABIA — 15th death anniversary of Sultan bin Abdulaziz, who served as crown prince of the Kingdom from 2005 until his demise in 2011. Friday, October 23 LIBYA — 15th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation.
VAN, Turkey — 15th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others. Sunday, October 25 SOFIA — Bulgaria holds a presidential election. Tuesday, October 27 ISRAEL — Israeli Knesset Election — - — - — - — - — Thursday, October 29 MANILA — ASEAN defense ministers hold an annual meeting with dialogue partners, dubbed as ADMM-Plus. S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a G20 foreign ministers' meeting. (To October 31) Tuesday, November 3 Guam — Guamanian Legislature election. Guam — Guamanian Governor election. Thursday, November 5 MADRID — Presidents, heads of state gather in Madrid for the Iberoamerican Summit.
(To Nov. 5) Saturday, November 7 NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand holds a general election MONTEVIDEO — Pope Leo visits Uruguay (To Nov. 8) Sunday, November 08 * BUENOS AIRES - Pope Leo on official visit to Argentina (to November 11). Wednesday, November 11 * LIMA - Pope Leo visits Peru (to November 17).
Friday, November 13 * MANILA, Philippines - Leaders of ASEAN countries hold annual meetings in Manila (to November 15). Saturday, November 14 PERU — Pope Leo visits Peru (To Nov. 17) Wednesday, November 18 SHENZHEN, China — Russian President Vladimir Putin is to lead the Russian delegation at APEC Summit in Shenzhen. SHENZHEN, China — China hosts the 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen.
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