ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend the inauguration ceremony of Eurasia Tunnel connecting Asian and European sides under the Bosporus.
ISTANBUL – Erdogan and Yildirim to meet with Georgian PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili in Istanbul separately.
ANKARA – Republican People’s Party (CHP), and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to hold parliamentary group meetings.
ANKARA – Turkish Parliament to debate new constitutional bill.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Press conference of police after a truck crashed into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin late Monday, killing at least 12 and injuring 48 people.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend Turkey-Russia-Iran trilateral talks on the recent incidents in Aleppo.
MOSCOW – Cavusoglu to meet with Lavrov in a bilateral meeting before the trilateral talks.
MOSCOW – Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik to hold official talks in Russia.
SYRIA
ALEPPO – Follow up on cease-fire deal between Syrian opposition and pro-regime forces to evacuate civilians from Aleppo.
UK
LONDON – A memorial service to be held for the civilian victims of Syria’s Aleppo city.
SPECIAL REPORT
Anti-Daesh coalition spokesman says Turkey provides great support
By Tayfun Salci and Inci Gundag
LONDON – “The Operation Euphrates Shield is a tremendous service to the international coalition,” US Colonel John Dorrian, the spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, U.S. Central Command said.
Dorrian praised the Turkey-backed operation by Free Syrian Army elements in Northern Syria and underlined that it provided a great support to the coalition forces, in a special interview with Anadolu Agency in London.
THAILAND
BANGKOK – Government websites under attack by activists after military-appointed parliament passed computer crime law. (MOVED)
MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR – Transport minister says search mission for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has not been abandoned, and will be guided by recently released report
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE – Australian Transport Safety Bureau report says wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could be found north of area searched for more than two years. (MOVED)
