ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address mukhtars (village heads) at the presidential complex.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Talip Kucukcan, a lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, to speak at a panel organized by the Daily Sabah Center for Policy Studies and the Democracy for All initiative in the British parliament.
LONDON – Supreme Court to continue hearing of the government’s appeal against the Nov. 3 High Court ruling that Article 50, the formal process to initiate Brexit, cannot be triggered without parliamentary vote.
LONDON – A Labour Party motion asking the government to share Brexit plans before triggering Article 50 is expected to be discussed at the House of Commons.
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LONDON – A former footballer’s testimony saw hundreds of people come forward to make allegations of abuse stretching back to 1970s.
FRANCE
PARIS – President Francois Hollande hosts Cabinet meeting, the first since Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced he was resigning to run for president.
PARIS – Hollande hosts Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid for talks.
PARIS – Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault hosts his Spanish counterpart Alfonso Dastis for talks. Joint press conference expected.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend NATO’s foreign ministers’ meeting and will also meet European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans.
BRUSSELS – Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci to meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
RUSSIA
KAZAN – Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov in the capital of the Russian autonomous region.
KAZAN – Yildirim to also attend the Turk-Tatar Business Forum and the opening ceremony of the Sadri Maksudi Arsal monument.
GHANA
ACCRA – Ghana holds presidential elections as incumbent President John Dramani Mahama vies for a second term.
BAHRAIN
MANAMA – The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit wraps up in the Bahraini capital.
MANAMA – British prime minister to attend the U.K.-GCC summit.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA – At least 25 people dead after strong earthquake shakes Aceh province, toppling dozens of buildings.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Labor Department suspends sending of Myanmar workers to Malaysia out of concern for their safety amid tensions between countries over conflict in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State
JAPAN
TOKYO – Outgoing Defense Secretary Ash Carter says U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific region are “enduring” during his meeting with Japanese counterpart.
