ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, May 7, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend International Mount of Olives Peace Awards at Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall. Erdogan also to attend the documentary premiere of “Last Hundred Years of Jerusalem”.
ANKARA – Erdogan to hold a joint news conference with Serbian counterpart Alexander Vucic.
ISTANBUL – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend ordinary general assembly of Bank Associations of Turkey at Sabanci Center.
GERMANY
BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to meet French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian for talks on EU, international issues.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – Inauguration ceremony of President Vladimir Putin.
SYRIA
IDLIB/AZAZ/AFRIN – Monitoring Operation Olive Branch against YPG/PKK-Daesh terror groups.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA – Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang to meet Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla
KENYA
NAIROBI – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh to meet Kenyan President Uluru Kenyatta in Nairobi.
NIGERIA
LAGOS – At least 6,000 applicants for the Nigerian police will sit for an aptitude test.
SOMALIA
MOGADISHU – Government officials, UN representatives, environment experts, and international donor partners to meet in Mogadishu for a landmark Somali Government-led conference to stop illegal trade.
