DIARY - Political and General News Events From Sept. 7

09/07/2016 6:58

Reuters will issue this diary daily at around 1030 GMT

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

VIENTIANE - Ten leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet their counterparts from the East Asia Summit (EAS) in Laos. ASEAN Leaders meet Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon. and South Korean President Park Geun Hye.

BEIJING - Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko will visit China (to Sept. 9) at the invitation of Zhang Dejiang ** BRUSSELS - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama visits Belgium (to Sept. 12). ** KRYNICA ZDROJ, Poland - Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo meets her Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Groysman on the sidelines of 26th Economic Forum 2016. ** STRASBOURG, France - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will brief his fellow ministers at the Council of Europe, a human rights watchdog in Europe, on the situation in his country after the botched coup - 0800 GMT.

KHARTOUM - Chad President Idris Debby visits Sudan to participate in celebrations marking end of term of the Darfur Regional Authority.

TBILISI - Members of the North Atlantic Council will visit Georgia (to Sept. 8).

TBILISI - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Georgia (to Sept. 8).

SEOUL - The chief of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Uzumcu to attend the Seoul Defense Diaglogue (to Sept. 9)

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

SEOUL - The chief of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Uzumcu will discuss North Korea's evolving unconventional threat with South Korea's defense chief. The OPCW director general plans to exchange views with Defense Minister Han Min-koo in Seoul. ** SEOUL - South Korea's finance minister Yoo Il-ho take questions from lawmakers on the government's decision on corporate restructuring - 0100 GMT. ** HARARE - Zimbabwe Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa will present a half-year budget statement to parliament at a time of worsening economic woes, marked by biting shortages of cash and government's failure to pay public workers on time - 1230 GMT. ** BRUSSELS - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop visits Brussels. ** RIGA - European Council President Donald Tusk will visit Latvia and will meet with the Latvian Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis

SEYCHELLES - National Assembly election.

TORONTO, Canada - Toronto International Film Festival 2016 (to Sept 18). http://tiff.net/tiff/

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

ANKARA - EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini pays a visit to Turkish capital of Ankara. ** VILNIUS - European Council President Donald Tusk to visit Lithuania to discuss Brexit challenges.

TALLIN - European Council President Donald Tusk to visit Estonia.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

CROATIA - Croatian Parliament election (Snap election).

BELARUS - Chamber of Representatives election.

UNITED STATES - 15th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 ** MILAN - Italy Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan, Head of Public Debt Maria Cannata, top Treasury official Fabrizio Pagani speak at conference on Italy's economic outlook and banking system.

RIGA - Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Latvia.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 ** KIEV - EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn will visit Ukraine (to Sept. 16).

SOFIA/PLOVDIV - Bulgaria hosts Arraiolos meeting of EU Presidents (to Sept. 15). Presidents of Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Hungary, Germany and Finland to attend the meeting.

LONDON - World Nuclear Association (WNA) Annual Symposium (to Sept 16). http://www.wna-symposium.org/ehome/index.php?eventid=154881&

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

NEW DELHI - Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal visits India (to Sept. 18). ** BRUSSELS - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman visits Brussels.

GLOBAL - International day of Democracy.

GUATEMALA - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

EL SALVADOR - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

COSTA RICA - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

HONDURAS - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

NICARAGUA - 195th Anniversary of Independence.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

MUNICH - 183nd Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct 1).

http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau marks 43rd anniversary of independence from Portugal.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

BERLIN - 43rd BMW Berlin Marathon.

http://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 ** ALGIERS - Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries are due to meet in Algeria on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum (IEF) (to Sept. 28).

VIENNA - IAEA 60th General Conference (to Sept 30).

https://www.iaea.org/about/policy/gc/gc60

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

GLOBAL - World Rabies Day.

SEOUL - South Korea marks the 66th anniversary of recovering Seoul from North Korea during the Korean War.

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