ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday Feb. 9, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli, whose party has supported government proposal for constitutional reform.
ANKARA – Yildirim to meet Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar to discuss security issues.
ANKARA – President of the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) Omer Cihad Vardan to attend Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk meeting.
SPECIAL REPORT: Family ties can cut radicalization, Turkish report says
By Ecenur Colak and Nazli Yuzbasioglu
ANKARA (AA) – Family and marriage can reduce the risk of young people becoming radicalized, according to a report due to be presented to a ministerial conference in Saudi Arabia.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas continues tour of European capitals, to meet Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Malaysian ship carrying humanitarian aid for Muslim Rohingya arrives.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May to meet Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni to discuss British EU exit, future trade partnership.
FRANCE
PARIS – Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve to meet EU Security Commissioner Julian King for talks amid ongoing terror threats.
PARIS – Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault to meet Turkish EU Minister Omer Celik. Turkey’s EU accession, migration likely to head agenda.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet German state premiers to discuss response to refugee crisis, possible deportation of economic migrants.
YEMEN
TAIZ – Pro-government forces secure port city of Mocha after retaking it from Houthi militia.
SOUTH AFRICA
CAPE TOWN – President Jacob Zuma to deliver annual state of the nation address amid tight security to avoid disruption by opposition supporters.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – President’s office insists Park Geun-hye will submit to prosecutors’ questions on corruption allegations only if trust is restored following media leaks.
