Global Political Events: December & Beyond

This material provides a detailed schedule of upcoming global political and economic events, including official visits by world leaders, significant anniversaries, international summits, and various national elections. The highlights range from the Finland President’s visit to Turkiye, Rwanda's President visiting Latvia, to multiple sessions of the UN Human Rights Council and the 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 ** ANKARA – Finland President Alexander Stubb will pay an official visit to Turkiye. (to Oct 2)

** RIGA - President of Rwanda Paul Kagame will pay an official visit to Latvia. (to Oct 3) ** YEREVAN - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Armenia for EEU meeting.

** DOHA - Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has arrived in Qatar on an official visit. ** WELLINGTON - South Pacific Defence Ministers Meeting. (to Oct 3)

LONDON / TOKYO - Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Heng Swee Keat to visit United Kingdom and Japan. (to Oct. 11) NEW DELHI - Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness will pay an official visit to India. (to Oct. 3) ULAANBAATAR / DUBLIN / PARIS - President of Vietnam To Lam will pay State visits to Mongolia and Ireland, and attend the 19th Francophonie Summit and make an official visit to France. (To Oct. 7) NICOSIA - President of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou to pay an official visit to Cyprus. (Final Day) NEW YORK – Bulgarian Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov will be on a working visit to the United States. (to Oct. 2) LONDON - Deputy President of South Africa Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile on a working visit to United Kingdom. (to Oct. 4) GENEVA, Switzerland - 57th Session UN Human Rights Council. (To Oct. 9)

MUNICH, Germany - 189th Munich Oktoberfest. (To Oct. 6) BERLIN - French President Emmanuel Macron and German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck attend event in Berlin.

WASHINGTON DC - Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will meet his US counterpart Antony Blinken. WASHINGTON DC - Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaks at US thinktank on US-India relations. – 1230 GMT

ANKARA - Finland's President Alexander Stubb will meet with President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara to discuss their cooperation in NATO and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza among other topics. - 1630 GMT BRUSSELS - The transition from outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to incoming NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will take place, with events including a joint doorstep, remarks and a news conference by Rutte – 0700 GMT.

GLOBAL - International day of older persons. ABUJA - Nigeria to celebrate its 64th year of independence.

CHINA – 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 ** ROME / VATICAN CITY - President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will pay official visits to Italy and the Holy See (Vatican). (to Oct 4) ** BELGIUM - European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will meet the UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer.

DOHA - Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian will hold a two-day visit to Doha (to October 3). BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron outside Berlin's chancellery. - 1000 GMT

BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels - 1200 GMT ISLAMABAD - Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to undertake official visit to Pakistan to strengthen bilateral ties. (to Oct. 4) BERLIN - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner gives a speech at the BGA trade lobby's entrepreneur day. – 1330 GMT

BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu at Bellevue Palace – 0730 GMT. LONDON - OPEC+ ministerial panel meets to review oil policy. GUINEA – 66th anniversary of independence from France.

GLOBAL - International Day of Non-violence.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 BANGKOK - Thailand deputy finance minister Paopoom Rojanasakul gives a speech at Fitch Ratings' event. – 0200 GMT

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 ** DHAKA - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to visit Bangladesh. ** STOCKHOLM – Latvian Defence minister Andris Sprūds will visit Sweden.

** COLOMBO - Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to visit Sri Lanka. (to Oct 5) ** LA TOJA, SPAIN - Spanish Economy minister Carlos Cuerpo to speak at an event in the northwestern city of La Toja. – 0730 GMT

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 AMMAN – King of Spain Felipe VI and Queen Letizia alongside the Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, are due to travel to Amman. GLOBAL - World Teachers' Day.

SAN FRANCISCO – 13th death anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakhstan Referendum Election. TUNISIA - Tunisian Presidency Election.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 NEW DELHI - Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu to visit India. (To Oct 9)

MOSCOW - 18th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. LUXEMBOURG- Eurogroup Meeting.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 BERLIN - German President Steinmeier receives President of Mauretania Mohamed Ould Ghazouani - 1200 GMT

VIENTIANE - Foreign ministers of Southeast Asian countries meet dialogue partners ahead of leaders' summit that include China, South Korea, Japan, India, Russia, and the United States - 0130 GMT. LUXEMBOURG – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 BERLIN - German President Steinmeier receives President of Armenia Wahagn Chatschaturjan - 0900 GMT

BUDAPEST – EU Informal meeting of employment, social policy and health ministers (to Oct. 10). GLOBAL - World Post Day.

MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambican Presidency Election. MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambican Assembly Election.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 VIENTIANE - Leaders of Southeast Asian nations join in a meeting with counterpart from China for the 27th ASEAN-China Summit. - 0130 GMT

VIENTIANE - Leaders of Southeast Asian nations join in a meeting with counterpart from South Korea for the 25th ASEAN-Republic of Korea Summit. - 0245 GMT VIENTIANE - Leaders of Southeast Asian nations join in a meeting with counterpart from Japan for the 27th ASEAN-Japan Summit. - 0400 GMT

VIENTIANE - Leaders of Southeast Asian nations join in a meeting with counterparts from China, Japan, and South Korea in the 27th ASEAN Plus Three Summit. - 0600 GMT VIENTIANE - Leaders of Southeast Asian nations join in a meeting with counterparts from Australia for the 4th ASEAN-Australia Summit. - 0900 GMT

VIENTIANE - Leaders of Southeast Asian nations and their counterpart from Canada holds a special summit on enhancing ASEAN connectivity and resilience. - 1015 GMT LUANDA/BERLIN – US President Joe Biden plans to visit Angola and Germany (To Oct. 15)

VIENTIANE - Leaders of Southeast Asian nations join in a meeting with counterparts from India for the 21st ASEAN-India Summit – 0745 GMT. GLOBAL - World mental health day. GLOBAL - World Day against death penalty.

GLOBAL - World Sight Day. FIJI – 54th anniversary of independence.

LUXEMBOURG – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council (to Oct. 11)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 VIENTIANE - Leaders of Southeast Asia joins in a regional meeting with counterparts from around the world which includes the U.S., Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, and India. - 0245 GMT

VIENTIANE - Leaders of Southeast Asia and their dialogue partners from China, Japan, South Korea, India, New Zealand, and Australia holds meeting with UN chief António Guterres in 14th ASEAN-UN Summit. - 0545 GMT VIENTIANE - Leaders of Southeast Asian nations attends the closing ceremony of the bloc's regional meetings, where Laos will be handing over its chairmanship to Malaysia. - 0800 GMT

VIENTIANE - Laotian prime minister Sonexay Siphandone holds a news conference to conclude the ASEAN bloc's regional meetings. - 0830 GMT VIENTIANE - Leaders of Southeast Asian nations join in a meeting with the U.S. counterpart in the 12th ASEAN-US Summit - 0130 GMT.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 BALI – 22nd anniversary of Bali bombings.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.

SAN JOSE, Chile – 14th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine. Lithuania - Lithuanian Parliament Election.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is set to host the Shanghai Cooperation organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting (to October 16). GLOBAL - United Nation's world hand-washing day.

GLOBAL - International day of rural women. LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 BRUSSELS - EU-Gulf Cooperation Council summit GLOBAL - World food day.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 BRUSSELS - New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte chairs his first NATO defence ministers' meeting in Brussels (to October 18). GLOBAL - International day for the eradication of poverty.

BRUSSELS -European Council (to October 18) BUDAPEST – EU Informal meeting of trade ministers (to October 18)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 APIA/CANBERRA - UK King Charles III and Queen Camilla, will visit Australia and Samoa (To Oct. 26) KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is also finance minister, will present the government's budget for 2025 to parliament - 0800 GMT.

LIMA – APEC Finance Ministerial Meeting (FMM) (to October 21) JERUSALEM – 13th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 MOLDOVA – Moldovan Referendum election.

MOLDOVA - Moldovan Presidency. TRIPOLI – 13th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 CALI, Colombia - Colombia hosts the 16th United Nations Biodiversity summit. (To Nov. 1)

DUBAI - AIM summit takes place in Dubai, bringing together fund managers, institutional investors, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and financial associations. Speakers include UAE Economy minister H.E. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (To Oct. 22)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 KAZAN, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Russia's Kazan. NEW DELHI - German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck travels to New Delhi to attend the Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business.

LIBYA – 12th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation. VAN, Turkey – 12th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 MONTSERRAT - Montserratian Legislative Council election.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 WASHINGTON DC - World financial leaders gather for the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings. (To Oct. 27)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 MADRID - Argentina's President Javier Milei to receive an award in Spain. GEORGIA - Georgian Parliament election.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 Bulgaria - Bulgarian National Assembly election.

URUGUAY - Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives election. URUGUAY - Uruguayan Chamber of Senators election.

URUGUAY – Referendum election. URUGUAY - Uruguayan Presidency election.

LITHUANIA - Lithuanian Parliament election. UZBEKISTAN - Uzbekistani Legislative Chamber election.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30 BOTSWANA - Botswana National Assembly Election. CAPE TOWN - South Africa's finance minister Enoch Godongwana gives mid-term budget speech.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 TEHRAN – 45th 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.

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 BISHKEK - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will make official visit to Kyrgyzstan. (To Nov 6) BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council. UNITED STATES - US House of Representatives Election. UNITED STATES - US Senate Election. PUERTO RICA - Puerto Rican House of Representatives Election. PUERTO RICA - Puerto Rican Governor Election. PALAUA - Palauan Senate Election. AMERICAN SAMOA- American Samoan House of Representatives Election. PUERTO RICA - Puerto Rican Senate Election. GUAMANIA - Guamanian Legislature Election. PALAUA - Palauan Presidency Election. PALAUA - Palauan House of Delegates Election. PUERTO RICO - Puerto Rico Referendum Election. UNITED STATES - US Presidency Election.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 GLOBAL - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 LIMA - APEC Economic Leaders' Week (AELW)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 BRUSSELS - World Pneumonia Day.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 YANGON, Myanmar – 13th Anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained opposition Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, From House Arrest.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 LIMA - Presidents of APEC group gather in Peru for a Summit (To Nov. 16) GLOBAL - World Diabetes Day. GLOBAL - World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda - International Day for Tolerance.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17 GLOBAL - World Prematurity Day.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18 VUKOVAR, Croatia – 33rd Anniversary of Vukovar Massacre. GLOBAL - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. RIO DE JANEIRO - G20 summit (To Nov. 19)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 GUINEAN-BISSAU - Guinean-Bissau People's National Assembly Election.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 MUMBAI, India - 16th Anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on Nov. 26, 2008 and lasted nearly three days, left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 NAMIBIA - Namibian Presidency Election. NAMIBIA - Namibian National Assembly Election.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council (Cohesion)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 TEHRAN, Iran – 13th Anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian Students and Protesters angry over Britain's Unilateral Sanctions.

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(With inputs from agencies.)