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TUESDAY, OCT. 26 ** BRUSSELS, Belgium – European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic delivers keynote speech to the Ambrosetti Club Europe ** BRUSSELS, Belgium – EU Commission agricultural head Janusz Wojciechowski speaks via videoconference on the ‘The Future of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy’ ** WARSAW – The king of Jordan Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein visits Poland ** BANGKOK, Thailand – Thai Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith gives a keynote speech at Thailand Insurtech Fair. – 0300 GMT ** MADRID, Spain – European Commissioner for Economy and former Italy prime minister Paolo Gentiloni to speak at event in Madrid – 0700 GMT ** MADRID, Spain – European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Paolo Gentiloni appears in parliament to attend European Union Committee – 0845 GMT ** BRUSSELS, Belgium – EU Commission vice-presidents Margrethe Vestager, Valdis Dombrovskis discuss EU-U.S. trade and technology council in European Parliament – 1145 GMT ** GENEVA, Switzerland – WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to give news conference on Council on the Economics of Health for All new Financing for Health brief – 1200 GMT ** PARIS, France – OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann meets Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly in Paris for the signing of a memorandum of understanding for a three-year country programme. – 1230 GMT ** SWEDEN – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the North Atlantic Council visit Sweden (to Oct 27). ** LONDON – Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will meet with British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Elizabeth Truss in London (final day) ** ANKARA – H.E. Ambassador Juan González-Barba, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation of Spain will pay a working visit to Turkey. DOHA – Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Qatar (final day). PRAGUE – Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu and a business delegation will visit Prague. (To Oct. 27)

BERLIN – World Health Summit takes place in Berlin and online. Speakers include WHO head Tedros, EU Council President Charles Michel, WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. (final day) HELSINKI – North Atlantic Council, chaired by Jens Stoltenberg NATO Secretary General visits Helsinki, Finland (final day). BRUSSELS – European Union Military Committee (EUMC), EU chiefs of defence meeting. (final day) STOCKHOLM/ HELSINKI – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to visit Sweden and Finland. (To Oct. 27) PARIS – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and central bank head Francois Villeroy de Galhau to speak at an annual climate finance conference in Paris – 0700 GMT BRUSSELS – Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo hosts an event on Belgium’s “Health & Biotech Valley” with the president of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen as well as GSK CEO, Emma Walmsley, Pfizer CEO Albert Burla, UCB CEO Jean-Christophe Tellier – 0730 GMT. BERLIN – Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin will visit Berlin. (To. Oct 27) MOSCOW – Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, Chung Eui-yong will visit Russia for a three-day trip and will hold talks with his counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. (To Oct. 28)

LUXEMBOURG (CITY) – EU energy ministers attend an emergency meeting in Luxembourg to discuss their response to the spike in energy prices. BRATISLAVA/PRAGUE – Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu visits Slovakia and the Czech Republic (to Oct. 29). BAKU – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a working visit to Azerbaijan. BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – ASEAN and related summit opens in Brunei. Leaders from the 10-member Association of the Southeast Asian Nations attend a regional summit (to Oct. 28). OSLO – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be in Tromsoe, northern Norway to meet his Norwegian and Finnish counterparts, as well as the Swedish deputy foreign minister for a meeting about regional cooperation among European Arctic countries – 0700 GMT. OSLO – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and the foreign ministers of Russia and the Nordic countries are due to meet in the Arctic town of Tromsoe to discuss cooperation in the Barents Sea region. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27 ** BRUSSELS, Belgium – EU Commission vice president Vera Jourova speaks at the EU DisinfoLab Annual Conference ** BERLIN, Germany – Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin is received by outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Berlin’s chancellery. – 0900 GMT ** MOSCOW, Russia – Russian Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov holds talks with South Korean counterpart Chung Eui-yong in Moscow. – 0900 GMT ** BERLIN, Germany – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and King Abdullah of Jordan speak to reporters before they begin discussions likely to focus on migration, issues in the Middle East and COVID-19. – 1030 GMT ** KYIV – Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis will visit Ukraine, where he will meet with Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (to Oct. 29) BRUSSELS – EU enlargement chief Várhelyi receives Turkish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Faruk Kaymakci. ATHENS/BELGRADE/TIRANA/ROME – Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Greece, Serbia, Albania and Italy (to Oct. 29).

DUBLIN – President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins will welcome the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on a State Visit to Ireland. (To. Oct. 29)

DUBLIN – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Ireland for three days (to Oct. 29).

LONDON – British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak gives a half-yearly update on the public finances and economic outlook – 1130 GMT. – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY, OCT. 28 ** NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually attend the “ASEAN Plus One” summit. ** WARSAW, Poland – Estonian President Alar Karis visits Poland ** LONDON, United Kingdom – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts the King of Jordan for bilateral talks in Downing Street – 1400 GMT ATHENS – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Athens. (To Oct. 29)

PARIS – OECD Pavillion at COP26. (To Nov. 12)

BRUSSELS – EU-Republic of Moldova Association Council meeting. BRUSSELS – Informal conference of EU economy and finance ministers. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, OCT. 29 ** ROME/LONDON – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Italy and the United Kingdom to attend the G20 Summit and the World Leaders’ Summit of COP-26 (to Nov. 2) ** MOSCOW, Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Finland President Sauli Niinisto in Moscow. ** BERN – NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană will participate in the Chambésy Roundtable on European Security in Glion, hosted by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP). VATICAN CITY – President South Korea Moon Jae-in will embark on a nine-day trip to Europe that will include a Vatican meeting with Pope Francis.

ROME – Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu addresses the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China summit in Rome – 1000 GMT.

LUSAKA – Zambia Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane to present 2022 national budget – 1200 GMT. VATICAN CITY – U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican during a trip to Europe for two high-profile global summits. KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s finance minister will present the 2022 budget which is expected to prioritize economic recovery and post-pandemic reforms. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, OCT. 30 ** BRUSSELS, Belgium – EU Commission head Ursula von der Leyen at the G20 Summit ROME – Italy hosts major G20 summit in Rome (to Oct. 31). – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, OCT. 31 ** GLASGOW, United Kingdom – The United Nations climate conference COP26 kicks off at the Scottish Event Campus venue in Glasgow. – 0645 GMT TOKYO – Japan holds lower house election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, NOV. 1 ** GLASGOW, United Kingdom – World leaders to meet at the United Nations climate conference, COP26, which is held at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow. – 0545 GMT GLASGOW, Scotland – French President Emmanuel Macron attends to opening of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa holds local government elections. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, NOV. 2

OSLO – International Energy Forum conference Oslo (to Nov. 3). NEW YORK – New Yorkers vote for mayor.

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – King of the Netherland Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will attend the Netherlands’ National Day at Expo 2020 Dubai. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, NOV. 4 VIENNA, Austria – 22nd OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting. TEHRAN – 42nd 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. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, NOV. 6 GLOBAL – International day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, NOV. 7 MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Presidential election. MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Nicaraguan National Assembly election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, NOV. 8 BRUSSELS – Euro zone finance ministers to discuss inflation, fiscal strategy, digital euro, solvency of firms, banking union – 1400 GMT. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. WELLINGTON – Ministers of Asia-Pacific countries meet at the APEC Summit in New Zealand. (To Nov. 14) – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, NOV. 9 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – –

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10

BERLIN – Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II and Crown Prince Frederik visit Germany. (To Nov. 13) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, NOV. 11 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, NOV. 12

ISTANBUL – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet with Turkish President Recep Erdogan in Istanbul. TRIPOLI – French president Emmanuel Macron hosts international summit on Libya BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting. BRUSSELS – World Pneumonia Day. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, NOV. 13 YANGON, Myanmar – 10th anniversary of release of Myanmar’s detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, NOV. 14

SOFIA – Bulgaria holds parliamentary and presidential election. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentinian Senate election. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentinian Chamber of Deputies election. GLOBAL – World Diabetes Day. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, NOV. 15 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, NOV. 16 ** TIANJIN, China (PRC) – World Economic Forum event in Tianjin, China (to Nov. 18). ** AMMAN/CAIRO – Britain’s Prince Charles and wife Camilla are to visit Jordan and Egypt (to Nov. 19) BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. GLOBAL – International day for tolerance. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17 GLOBAL – World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day. GLOBAL – World Prematurity Day. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, NOV. 18

BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion) meeting. VUKOVAR, Croatia – 30th anniversary of 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. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, NOV. 19 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, NOV. 21 VENEZUELA – Venezuela holds regional and local elections SANTIAGO, Chile – Presidential election. SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean Chamber of Deputies election. SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean Senate election. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, NOV. 23 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, NOV. 25

BRUSSELS – Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) via video conference. (Nov. 26) GLOBAL – International day for the elimination of violence against women. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, NOV. 26 MUMBAI, India – 13th 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. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, NOV. 28 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Presidential election. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Honduran National Congress election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, NOV. 29 GENEVA – WHO holds special assembly of health ministers on reform, potential pandemic treaty (to Dec.1).

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting. TEHRAN, Iran – 10th anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry over Britain’s unilateral sanctions. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, NOV. 30 GENEVA, Switzerland – World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting (to Dec 3) – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, DEC. 4 BANJUL, Gambia – Presidential elections. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, DEC. 6 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, DEC.7 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, DEC. 9 BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting (to Dec 10). – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, DEC. 11

PALESTINE – Palestinians to hold local election. – – – – – – – – –

MONDAY, DEC. 13 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – –

TUESDAY, DEC. 14 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, DEC. 16 BRUSSELS – European Council meeting (to Dec 17). – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, DEC. 19

HONG KONG – Hong Kong Legislative Council election. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, DEC. 24 TRIPOLI, Libya – Presidential elections. TRIPOLI, Libya – Referendum election. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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