ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, April 3, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at presidential complex; both leaders to later address joint news conference.
ANKARA – Erdogan, Putin to attend groundbreaking ceremony of Akkuyu Nuclear Santral via video conference call; Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to also attend event.
ANKARA – Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Cavusoglu to meet Albanian Minister of Diaspora Pandeli Majko at Cankaya Palace.
ANKARA – TurkStat to release inflation figures for March.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to hold joint press conference with leaders of Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia.
FRANCE
PARIS – Strikes over rail reforms and rubbish collection to begin.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – UN to convene pledging conference for Yemen crisis; UN chief Antonio Guterres to hold press stakeout; U.S. delegation to hold news conference.
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU – Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul to meet Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, Justice Minister Fikret Memmedov and Interior Minister Ramil Usubov.
SYRIA
IDLIB/AZAZ/AFRIN – Desk to monitor Turkish-led Operation Olive Branch against YPG/PKK-Daesh terror groups.
EGYPT
CAIRO – Arab League to hold emergency session on recent Israeli attacks on Palestinian demonstrators on Gaza border.
PALESTINE
GAZA – Desk to monitor developments after Israeli troops attacked Palestinians during Friday’s rally.
JAPAN
TOKYO – Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag to meet Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii.
SPORTS
SEVILLE – Juventus to Real Madrid, Sevilla to meet Bayern Munich in EUFA Champions League quarterfinal matches.
