ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Friday April 27, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend meeting with provincial heads of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.
IZMIR – Yildirim also to attend ribbon-cutting of insurance firm Allianz's campus in Gaziemir, Izmir.
ISTANBUL – Culture and Tourism Minister Numan Kurtulmus to hold joint press conference with Russian counterpart Vladimir Medinsky.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend NATO foreign ministers’ meeting.
FRANCE
PARIS – Release of gross domestic product (GDP) figures for first quarter of 2018.
PARIS – President to attend ceremony marking 170th anniversary of abolition of slavery in French colonies.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington to visit Northern Ireland amid discussions over future of border of U.K. region with Republic of Ireland after Brexit.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet his Greek Cypriot counterpart Ioannis Kasoulidis.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to welcome German Chancellor Angela Merkel to White House.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL – Following leaders of North and South holding talks at inter-Korean border.
PALESTINE
GAZA CITY – Gazans to converge on borders for fifth Friday in a row as part of return march.
SYRIA
IDLIB / AZAZ / AFRIN – Monitoring Operation Olive Branch against YPG/PKK-Daesh terror groups.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Swedish activist walks to Palestine to raise awareness
By Meryem Goktas
ANKARA (AA) – A young Swedish activist who has been walking from Sweden to Palestine to raise awareness of human rights violations said it is a “moral responsibility ” to speak up for the Palestinians.
