ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):</p> <p> </p> <p><br>
TURKEY
<p>ANKARA/MALATYA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend event at Bestepe People's Congress and Cultural Center. Erdogan also due to address locals in eastern Malatya province for March 31 local elections.</p> <p>ANKARA – Anadolu Agency’s Editors Desk to host Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu. </p> <p>ANKARA – Central Bank of Turkey to hold second Monetary Policy Committee meeting of 2019 to determine interest rates.</p> <p>ANKARA – Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release ‘Women in Statistics’ bulletin for 2018.</p> <p>ANKARA – Turkey’s General Directorate of State Airports Authority to release airport statistics for February.</p> <p> </p> <p>AZERBAIJAN </p> <p>BAKU – President Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister Novruz Memmedov to receive Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop. Sentop also due to meet his Azerbaijani counterpart Oktay Asadov.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>GERMANY </p> <p>BERLIN – Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy to open Turkish pavilion at ITB Berlin, world's largest trade fair for tourism.</p> <p>BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to meet Danish counterpart Anders Samuelsen for talks on bilateral relations, EU and international issues. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>RUSSIA </p> <p>MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin to attend meeting of the Federal Security Service Board. </p> <p> </p> <p>KUWAIT/UAE</p> <p>KUWAIT CITY/ABU DHABI – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to continue his five-day trip to the Persian Gulf countries.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>EGYPT</p> <p>CAIRO – Arab League foreign ministers to meet.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>VENEZUELA</p> <p>CARACAS – Monitoring crisis over nation’s leadership.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>SYRIA </p> <p>ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.</p> <p> </p> <p>SPORTS</p> <p>PARIS/PORTO – Second leg of UEFA Champions League last 16 round matches to continue. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>SPECIAL REPORT</p> <p>UN Gaza report draws international outrage </p> <p>LONDON – Anger has been mounting worldwide over a recent UN inquiry which found that Israeli security forces committed serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law during the Great March of Return rallies in 2018, with many calling for those responsible to be held accountable.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>SPECIAL REPORT</p> <p>Bangladesh academic eyes ties with Turkish universities</p> <p>By Sorwar Alam </p> <p>ANKARA – Bangladeshi and Turkish universities have tremendous potential to develop cooperation and collaboration in various fields, said a top academic from Bangladesh.</p>
