ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan, Turkish Exporters' Assembly Chairman Ismail Gulle to announce export statistics for July.
ISTANBUL – Anadolu Agency Finance Desk to host Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD) President Erol Bilecik.
SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend ASEAN 51st Foreign Ministers' Meeting.
SINGAPORE – Cavusoglu also due to meet Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Pham Binh Minh, separately.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK – United Kingdom to take over UN Security Council presidency for August.
ETHIOPIA
ADDIS ABABA – Exiled Ethiopian patriarch to arrive in Addis Ababa together with high-level Ethiopia delegation led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who was on an unofficial visit to the U.S.
NIGERIA
LAGOS – Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress to hold emergency meeting of national executive committee a day after senate president quit party along with governor of his home state Kwara.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB/ HOMS – Desk to monitor Syrian civil war.
