ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Mosques and Religious Workers' Week program at Bestepe National Congress and Culture Center.
ANKARA – National Education Minister Ziya Selcuk to hold news conference on new decisions taken for gradual shift to face-to-face education.
ANKARA – Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.
ANKARA – Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
KYRGYZSTAN
BISHKEK – Following developments after protesters occupied presidential palace and parliament building in Kyrgyzstan’s capital amid vote-rigging claims.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – Monitoring developments after coronavirus-hit President Donald Trump left Walter Reed Medical Center and moved to White House.
GERMANY
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
BERLIN – Foreign ministers of Israel, UAE to meet for first time to discuss further steps in normalizing relations between two countries.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Prime Minister Boris Johnson to deliver keynote speech at annual conference of Conservative Party.
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU – Following developments after Armenian army violated cease-fire, launching cross-border attacks on several Azerbaijani cities.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI – Following clashes between Libyan army, militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar.
SPECIAL REPORT
Growing support for Azerbaijan in Iran
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
TEHRAN (AA) – Although Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani is resisting growing pressure from the public and clergy to support Muslim neighbor Azerbaijan in its conflict with Armenia, his government has so far treaded a neutral stand.
