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ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive National Intelligence Service Chief Hakan Fidan at Presidential Complex.

ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Dimitrov.

ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release statistics for dairy and poultry production for November 2018.

ANKARA – Central Bank to announce short term external debt statistics for November 2018.

ANKARA – Eurostat to reveal inflation figures for December 2018.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May to hold talks with groups of MPs to exchange views on next steps on Brexit strategy after her deal was rejected at House of Commons.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to visit Pentagon to unveil Missile Defense Review report.

WASHINGTON – Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) think tank to hold discussion on 'The U.S. Withdrawal from Syria: Right Move or Wrong Decision?'

PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD – U.S. peace negotiator for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad to meet Pakistan's top civil and military leadership as part of his ongoing shuttle diplomacy.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Official opening ceremony of International Green Week, a leading global agriculture fair.

SERBIA

BELGRADE – Russian President Vladimir Putin to pay official visit to capital Belgrade, meet his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic.

BELARUS

MINSK – President Alexandre Lukashenko to meet his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA – Sixteen African leaders expected to meet under auspices of African Union Commission to discuss situation in Democratic Republic of Congo.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of US decision to withdraw its troops.

YEMEN

SANAA – Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.

SPORTS

GRAN CANARIA – Round 19 in Turkish Airlines Euroleague tips off as Fenerbahce Beko will face Spain's Gran Canaria.

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