This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events
Monday, Aug. 31
Bishkek - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan travels to Bishkek to attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a regional bloc of which Turkey is a 'dialogue partner' - 0530 GMT.
Stockholm - French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Sweden. He will attend signature of a €4.3 billion warship deal - 1300 GMT.
Asheville, United States - German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil gives statement at the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Asheville - 1420 GMT.
Bishkek - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to pay an official visit to Kyrgyzstan at the invitation of President Sadyr Japarov. Sharif is due to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State meeting and hold bilateral talks with Kyrgyz officials. (To Sep. 2).
Bishkek - Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev arrives in Kyrgyzstan on a working visit to attend events linked to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
Bishkek - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visits Kyrgyzstan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State meeting and the SCO Plus meeting.
Bishkek - Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian visits Kyrgyzstan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit and the SCO Plus meeting. (To Sep. 1).
Toronto/New York - Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman embarks on a nine-day visit to Canada and the United States, with trade, investment and global economic cooperation at the centre of her agenda. The tour will take her to Toronto, Chicago, Asheville and New York, bringing together bilateral economic diplomacy, investor engagement and India's participation in the G20 Finance Track. (To Sep. 2)
Edinburgh, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 (Final day)
Ngerulmud - Foreign Minister of Taiwan Lin Chia-lung will lead a delegation to Palau to attend the 55th Pacific Islands Forum and deepen partnerships with Pacific Island countries. (To Sep. 3)
Ashgabat/Bratislava/Vienna/Ulaanbaatar - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will visit Turkmenistan, Slovakia, Austria and Mongolia (To Sep. 4)
Tashkent/Bishkek – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a four-day trip beginning to Uzbekistan to bolster bilateral ties and to Kyrgyzstan for the annual summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). (To Sep. 1)
Dublin - NATO Deputy Secretary General, Radmila Shekerinska, will visit Dublin, Ireland. (To Sep. 1)
Bishkek - President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Plus Meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, before making an official visit to Kazakhstan at the invitation of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. (To Sep. 1)
Athens - Greece hosts Lebanese president Joseph Aoun in Athens. Aoun will meet counterpart Constantine Tassoulas and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis - 0800 GMT.
Brussels – EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (To Sep. 1)
Bishkek/Cairo - Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, as part of a state visit there, followed by a visit to Egypt. (To Sep. 3)
Bishkek - Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, alongside other leaders, attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a regional bloc including Russia, China, India, Iran, Pakistan and Central Asian countries. (To Sep. 1)
Asheville, North Carolina - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors gather in North Carolina. (To Sep. 1)
Tuesday, Sep. 1
Bishkek - Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, alongside other leaders, attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a regional bloc including Russia, China, India, Iran, Pakistan and Central Asian countries.
Bishkek - President Vladimir Putin speaks to Russian media at the end of a summit of leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Berlin - German G20 press conference hosted by Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel - 1230 GMT.
North Ossetia, Russia - 22nd Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School
Gymnich - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (To Sep. 2)
Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. - Finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 countries meet.
Wednesday, Sep. 2
Bangkok - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong visits Thailand.
Thursday, Sep. 3
Bangkok - Prime Minister of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul delivers a keynote speech on "Thailand's Offer to the World" at a business summit - 0220 GMT.
Brussels - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (To Sep. 4)
Saturday, Sep. 5
Munich, Germany – 54th Anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, which killed 11 Israelis.
Sunday, Sep. 6
Nuuk - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Greenland on Sunday and Monday, meeting prime ministers of Greenland, Denmark and the Faroe Islands and signing a planned EU-Greenland joint declaration. (To Sep. 7)
India/Bangladesh – 15th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh.
London - Seven OPEC+ countries will meet on Sunday to discuss their output policy.
The seven include Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Oman and Kazakhstan.
Monday, Sep. 7
Saint-Paul de Vence, France - French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will co-chair Cinema & Moving Image Summit in Saint-Paul de Vence. (To Sep. 9)
Wednesday, Sep. 9
Colombo - Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is reportedly scheduled to undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka. (To Sep. 10)
London - World Nuclear Association Annual Symposium (To Sep. 11)
Thursday, Sep. 10
Beijing – APEC 16th Energy Ministers Meeting (To Sep. 11)
Toronto, Canada - 51st Annual Toronto International Film Festival 2026 (To Sep. 20)
Friday, Sep. 11
United States – 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
Saturday, Sep. 12
Dublin - US President Donald Trump is set to visit Ireland to attend the final rounds of the Amgen Irish Open at his golf resort in Doonbeg, County Clare, according to a White House official cited by the New York Post. (To Sep. 13)
New Delhi - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will make his first visit to India for the BRICS Summit. (To Sep. 13)
Sunday, Sep. 13
Sweden - Swedish Parliament election
Monday, Sep. 14
Vienna - IAEA 70th General Conference (To Sep. 18)
Manila - Economic and trade ministers of ASEAN countries hold high-level meetings in Manila. (To Sep. 22)
Tuesday, Sep. 15
Global - International Day of Democracy
Guatemala – 205th Anniversary of Independence
El Salvador – 205th Anniversary of Independence
Costa Rica – 205th Anniversary of Independence
Honduras – 205th Anniversary of Independence
Nicaragua – 205th Anniversary of Independence
Wednesday, Sep. 16
Strasbourg, France - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers the State of the European Union address to the EU Parliament in Strasbourg – 0700 GMT.
Friday, Sep. 18
Brussels - Eurogroup meeting
Brussels – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (To Sep. 19)
Russia - Russian Federal Duma election
Saturday, Sep. 19
Munich – 200th Munich Oktoberfest (To Oct. 4)
Monday, Sep. 21
Manila - ASEAN energy ministers, senior officials hold meetings. (To Sep. 25)
Tuesday, Sep. 22
Brussels - EU General Affairs Council
Wednesday, Sep. 23
Morocco - Moroccan Chamber of Representatives election
Thursday, Sep. 24
Bissau - Guinea-Bissau marks 53rd anniversary of independence from Portugal.
Washington - Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the United States, U.S. President Donald Trump has announced.
Friday, Sep. 25
Paris - Pope Leo visits France (To Sep. 28)
Sunday, Sep. 27
Berlin – 52nd BMW Berlin Marathon
Switzerland - Switzerland Referendum election
Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tomean National Assembly election
Monday, Sep. 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 Sep. 29)
Tuesday, Sep. 29
Luxembourg - Finland President Alexander Stubb and spouse Suzanne Innes-Stubb to pay a state visit to Luxembourg. (To Sep. 30)
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 Oct. 2)
Friday, Oct. 2
Guinea - 68th anniversary of independence from France
Global - International Day of Non-Violence
Saturday, Oct. 3
Latvia - Latvian Parliament Election
Sunday, Oct. 4
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, Oct. 5
Global - World Teachers' Day
San Francisco, CA – 15th Death Anniversary of Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs.
Wednesday, Oct. 7
Moscow - 20th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya
Thursday, Oct. 8
Global - World Sight Day
Luxembourg – Eurogroup Meeting
Friday, Oct. 9
Global - World Post Day
Luxembourg - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council
Czech Republic - Czech Senate Election
Saturday, Oct. 10
Global - World mental health day
Global - World Day against death penalty
Fiji – 56th anniversary of independence
Monday, Oct. 12
Luxembourg – EU Foreign Affairs Council
Bali – 24th anniversary of Bali bombings
Tuesday, Oct. 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 Oct. 18)
Thursday, Oct. 15
Brussels - European Council (To Oct. 16)
Global - United Nation's world hand-washing day
Global - International day of rural women
Friday, Oct. 16
Global - World food day
Saturday, Oct. 17
Global - International day for the eradication of poverty
Sunday, Oct. 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, Oct. 20
Tripoli – 15th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Thursday, Oct. 22
Brussels - EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To Oct. 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, Oct. 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.
Tuesday, Oct. 27
Israel - Israeli Knesset Election
Thursday, Oct. 29
Ottawa - EU-Canada summit (To Oct. 30)
Friday, Oct. 30
Atlanta, United States - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a G20 foreign ministers' meeting. (To Oct. 31)
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