ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday Feb. 2, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Presidential Palace. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to hold joint news conference with Merkel.
ANKARA – Leader of opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kilicdaroglu to meet Merkel at German embassy.
ANKARA – Development Minister Lutfi Elvan to attend Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk.
ANKARA – Erdogan to meet tourism sector representatives.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
SANTO DOMINGO – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet counterpart Miguel Vargas, hold news conference. Cavusoglu to also meet President Danilo Medina.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Government to publish parliamentary proposal on leaving EU.
FRANCE
PARIS – President Francois Hollande to meet Socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon.
STRASBOURG- European Court of Human Rights to rule on Russian presidential candidate Alexei Navalny’s claims of rights violations due to repeated arrests, prosecutions.
HUNGARY
BUDAPEST – Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
SARAJEVO – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to visit.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives in South Korea, expected to reassure Seoul of continued support.
