ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, July 9, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, separately, at Tarabya Presidential Residence.
ISTANBUL – The 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC), the largest meeting of the oil and gas industry, to start at the Istanbul Convention Center. Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak to attend the ceremony.
ISTANBUL – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to be honored with the highest recognition of the World Petroleum Council, the Dewhurst Award.
IRAN
TEHRAN – Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to meet with Iranian Minister of Communication Mahmoud Vaezi and Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Riza Nimetzade separately. Zeybekci is also set to meet with the press and attend Turkey-Iran Business Forum.
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
SARAJEVO – The bodies of 71 recently identified Srebrenica Genocide victims to arrive in Bosnia’s capital Sarajevo where the citizens together with Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izzetbegovic will bid farewell.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Hamas: We got positive European replies on new document
By Ali Abo Rezeg
ISTANBUL (AA) – Head of international relations in Hamas Osama Hamdan said in an interview with Anadolu Agency that his group got positive responses from some European countries on their political document issued in May.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Robot waiters serve at Pakistan restaurant
By Aamir Latif
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Although robotics is in an early stage in a third-world country like Pakistan, there is a restaurant where robots walk and serve the customers instead of human waiters.
