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** KUALA LUMPUR - Defence Minister of India, Rajnath Singh will embark on a visit to Malaysia to attend the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus). (to Nov 1) ** THIMPHU – Indian Finance Minister and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman began her four-day official visit to Bhutan. (to Nov 2) SEOUL - Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of Singapore, Lawrence Wong, will visit the Republic of Korea. (To Nov. 2)

TASHKENT - At the invitation of Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan (To Oct. 31) SEOUL - U.S. President Donald Trump will visit South Korea. (Final day). BERN, SWITZERLAND - South African President Ramaphosa visits Switzerland to strengthen trade and innovation ties (Final day) BAGDAD - Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis meets Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in Bagdad - 0900 GMT. TORONTO - Tim Hodgson, Canada's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change are hosting G7 partners to discuss implementation of relevant commitments G7 Leaders made at the Kananaskis Summit in June. (To Oct. 31) HELSINKI - New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters to visit Finland. TASHKENT - Finnish President Alexander Stubb will visit Uzbekistan. (To Oct. 31) RIGA - Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė visits Riga and meets Latvian counterpart Evika Silina. BERLIN - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will make his inaugural visit to Turkey, meeting with Turkish President Erdoğan to discuss bilateral relations, foreign policy, and cooperation on economics, migration, and security. The visit marks Merz's first official trip to Turkey as Chancellor. SEOUL - Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, will visit South Korea for three days to attend the APEC Summit in Gyeongju. (To Nov 1) GYEONGJU, South Korea - South Korea hosts the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit. (To Nov. 1) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 ** ANKARA, Turkey - Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan holds a press conference in Turkey's capital Ankara after meeting to discuss growing bilateral cooperation in defense and military sectors, Turkey-EU relations as well as regional developments. - 1200 GMT GYEONGJU, South Korea - Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit South Korea to attend the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit in Gyeongju (to November 1). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 LONDON - OPEC+ ministers from eight nations that have been gradually raising oil output will meet online on Sunday to decide whether to continue with output hikes for December or pause. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3 ABU DHABI - ADIPEC 2025 in Abu Dhabi brings together global energy leaders — including energy ministers from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, and CEOs of ADNOC, ExxonMobil and others — to shape the future of energy, technology, and sustainability. (To Nov. 6) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 NAIROBI - Kenya's Finance Minister John Mbadi is scheduled to hold a press briefing, part of a regular series scheduled to take place once every month - 0430 GMT. DOHA - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is set to visit Qatar next month, where he will meet Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (To Nov. 6) TEHRAN – 46th 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.

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 BRATISLAVA - Polish President Karol Nawrocki to visit Slovakia. - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 GLOBAL - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7 ROME- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Rome. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia – Princess Anne, sister of King Charles III, will visit Australia for four days. (To Nov. 11) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA - The CELAC-EU Summit will take place in Santa Marta, Colombia, on November 9-10, bringing together leaders from 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations and 27 EU member states to strengthen bi-regional cooperation, Colombian government announced. (to Nov 10) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10

CAIRO - Egyptian House of Representatives election. HAMBURG, Germany - German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil sits down with DIE ZEIT newspaper to discuss the government's budget, plans for defence spending and compulsory military service, as well as other domestic and international topics. - 1900 GMT BELEM, Brazil - Brazil hosts the United Nations climate summit, COP30 in Belem (to November 21) BEIJING - King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain make a state visit to China. (To Nov. 11) BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 ONTARIO, Canada - Indian External affairs minister S Jaishankar to visit Canada for a meeting of the foreign ministers of the intergovernmental forum G7 in the scenic Niagara region of the province of Ontario (To Nov. 12) ONTARIO - G7 foreign ministers gather in Ontario, Canada for meeting. (To Nov 12) IRAQ - Iraqi Council of Representatives election. SWITZERLAND - Referendum election. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 BRUSSELS - World Pneumonia Day. BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 YANGON, Myanmar – 15th Anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained opposition Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, From House Arrest. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 GLOBAL - World Diabetes Day. GLOBAL - World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day. BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) meeting. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda - International Day for Tolerance. CHILE - Chilean Chamber of Deputies election. CHILE - Chilean Senate election. CHILE - Chilean Presidency election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17 GLOBAL - World Prematurity Day. BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 BELEM, Brazil - Brazil hosts the United Nations climate summit, COP30 in Belem. VUKOVAR, Croatia – 34th Anniversary of Vukovar Massacre. GLOBAL - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 BRUSSELS - EU foreign affairs ministers meet in Brussels. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 ** PARIS, France - French President Macron will make an official visit to Mauritius on the sidelines of his participation in the G20 summit. (To Nov. 22)

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 JOHANNESBURG - Leaders gather for two-day G20 summit in South Africa (to Nov. 23). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Guinea-Bissau - Bissau-Guinean Presidency election. Guinea-Bissau - Bissau-Guinean People's National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24 LUANDA - Angola hosts EU-African Union summit. Marking 25 years of EU-AU partnership, the summit comes as Angola holds the rotating African Union presidency. The leaders of 27 EU countires and 55 African union countires are expected to focus on strengthening cooperation in key areas such as peace and security, economic integration, trade, multilateralism, green development, digitalisation, migration, mobility and human development. (To Nov. 25) BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 MUMBAI, India - 17th 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. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27 ANKARA - Pope Leo will visit Turkey (To Nov. 30) - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 TEHRAN, Iran – 14th Anniversary of an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian Students and Protesters angry over Britain's Unilateral Sanctions. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30 SWITZERLAND - Referendum election. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras holds presidential election. BEIRUT - Pope Leo will visit Lebanon (To Dec. 2) - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 ** LEBANON - Pope Leo XIV visit to Lebanon (to Dec 2). BRUSSELS, Belgium - EU defence ministers meet in Brussels.

- - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 WINDSOR CASTLE, UK – President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, accompanied by the First Lady of Germany, Elke Büdenbender, will be greeted by His Majesty and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle (to Dec 5). - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, DECEMEBER 7 HONG KONG - Hong Kong Legislative Council election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28 ** CONAKRY, Guinea - Guinea will hold its first presidential election since a coup in 2021, which allowed coup leader Mamady Doumbouya to seize power. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Central African Presidency election. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Central African National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Technical Issues Please Contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx