ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday, March 7, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend program on International Women’s Day.
ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to welcome Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ (TRNC) premier, Tufan Erhurman at official ceremony.
ANKARA – Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin to hold news conference at Presidential Complex.
SYRIA
IDLIB/AZAZ/AFRIN – Monitoring Turkey's continuing Operation Olive Branch against terrorist groups YPG/PKK-Daesh in Afrin, northwestern Syria.
UK
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May to meet visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
LONDON – Home Secretary Amber Rudd to hold high-level security meeting over incident involving former Russian spy Sergei Skripal.
LONDON – Wiltshire Police to hold news conference as their investigation into the incident involving former Russian spy continues.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Minister Numan Kurtulmus and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend opening of Turkish pavilion at ITB Berlin tourism fair, world’s leading travel trade show.
AUSTRIA
VIENNA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend opening ceremony of Yunus Emre Institute in Vienna. He is also due to meet representatives of the Turkish community in Austria.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – UNHCR’s Special Envoy for the Central Mediterranean Situation Vincent Cochetel to update on the Central Mediterranean situation in a news conference at UN.
U.S.
NEW YORK – United Nations Security Council to hold closed-door meeting to discuss developments in Syria.
ALGERIA
ALGIERS – Council of Arab Interior Ministers to hold its 35th session in Algerian capital.
SIERRA LEONE
FREETOWN – Sierra Leone to vote for its new president, parliament.
