ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan departs for Pakistan where he is expected to attend 13th Economy Cooperation Organization Summit.
ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Rasim Ljajic in Ankara.
ANKARA – Justice and Development (AK) Party, Republican People’s Party (CHP), Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) to hold group meetings at Turkish parliament.
ANKARA – Culture and Tourism Minister Nabi Avci to attend Anadolu Agency editorial desk meeting.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to reveal foreign trade statistics for January 2017.
PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend council of ministers meeting at the 13th Economy Cooperation Organization Summit and deliver a speech.
FRANCE
PARIS – High school students expected to block school entrances and stage rally against police brutality. (MERITS)
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – Geneva IV peace talks on Syria to resume with a meeting between Syrian opposition delegation and Russian officials.
GERMANY
BERLIN – German outgoing President Joachim Gauck meets representatives of international media in Berlin.
AMERICAS
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to address joint session of Congress.
SPECIAL REPORT : Muhammad Ali Jr. speaks to AA on border detention
By Betul Yuruk
NEW YORK (AA) – Muhammad Ali Jr. speaks to Anadolu Agency about being detained at customs despite having a valid U.S. passport and an easily verifiable public identity.
GAMBIA
SPECIAL REPORT : Turkey ready to help Gambia strengthen institutions
By Mustapha K. Darboe
BANJUL – The Turkish ambassador to Gambia, Ismail Sefa Yuceer, has told Anadolu Agency that his country is ready to help the small African nation strengthen its democratic institutions after the rocky political transition following the defeat of strongman Yahya Jammeh.
