ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address mukhtars (village heads) at presidential complex.
ANKARA – Erdogan to receive Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Ismail Kahraman and Tan Sri Dato’ Azman bin Haji j Mokhtar, CEO and director of Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, Khazanah Nasional Berhad, separately.
ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to participate in TUSIAD High Consultation Council meeting and also meet opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli, separately.
ANKARA – New Israeli ambassador to Turkey to arrive in Ankara following this summer’s historic resumption of ties.
ANTALYA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. Cavusoglu to later attend Turkish-Russian Joint Strategic Planning Group.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – U.S. representative for Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) Yurter Ozcan and author Razi Canikligil to discuss Fetullah Gulen in classified U.S. documents.
WASHINGTON – Sabah Columnists’ Club to hold discussion on July 15 coup attempt in Turkey.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – British Finance Minister Phillip Hammond to visit Scotland. Expected to meet Scottish National Party leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon amid ongoing Brexit talks.
LONDON – Office of National Statistics to release quarterly immigration figures.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault to attend ceremony to present Franco-German Prize for Human Rights. White Helmets, also known as Syria Civil Defense, are among the laureates.
FRANCE
PARIS – Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault to host Irish counterpart Charles Flanagan for talks.
SERBIA
BELGRADE – Serbia to hand over six-month rotating chairmanship of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) to Turkey.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Kofi Annan-led Advisory Commission on Rakhine State meets ahead of visit to country’s westernmost region amid international cries for probe into violence which has seen between 86 and 417 people killed.
KOREA
SEOUL – Parties tussle over scandal-hit president’s future as timing of ousting becomes a major sticking point; impeachment motion delayed by at least a week
THAILAND
BANGKOK – Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn to officially be announced King Rama X; coronation to take place after father’s cremation in late 2017.
