Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday Dec. 3, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will separately attend opening ceremony of a shopping mall and religious vocational high school.

ISTANBUL – Erdogan to receive Bakir Izetbegovic, chairman of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidential Council.

ISTANBUL – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will attend a program on International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

RAMALLAH – Palestinian Fatah movement to elect members of Central Committee and Revolutionary Council at party congress.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Middle East cannot afford fresh divisions: Experts

By Ali Abo Rezeg

ANKARA (AA) – The region is now experiencing turmoil like that seen in the run-up to the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement, analysts tell Anadolu Agency.​

SPECIAL REPORT:

Turks’ fears, suspicions on eve of Austria poll

By Askin Kiyagan

VIENNA (AA) – Ahead of Sunday’s presidential election rerun, Austrian Turks spoke out about their concerns in a poll that could see the far-right Freedom Party’s candidate elected head of state.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet his Azarbaijani counterpart Elmar Memmedyarov and hold news conference.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – Protest organizers expect crowds numbering 2 million to call for South Korean president’s resignation in a sixth weekend of mass rallies.

MYANMAR

YANGON – Commission led by former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan continues visit to Rakhine State to meet leaders of both Rakhine Buddhist and Rohingya Muslim communities in effort to probe recent deadly violence.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian foreign ministry responds to Myanmar calling for respect for non-interference by saying that ongoing “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya in western Myanmar threatens Southeast Asia’s security and stability.

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