ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, March 7, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):</p> <p> </p> <p>TURKEY</p> <p>MARDIN/SIIRT – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to lead campaign rallies for March 31 local elections in southeastern and eastern provinces. </p> <p>ANKARA – Anadolu Agency’s Editor’s Desk to host Vice President Fuat Oktay.
ANKARA – Treasury and Finance Ministry to release treasury cash realizations for February.
ANKARA – European Statistical Office, Eurostat, to release employment and GDP figures for last quarter of 2018.
ANKARA – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to release food price index for February.
ANKARA – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to release inflation bulletin for January.
UK
LONDON – A group of Syrian refugees to hold news conference to call on International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe Syrian regime.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy to hold news conference at ITB Berlin tourism fair.
BERLIN – Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to meet Croatian counterpart Marija Pejcinovic-Buric for talks on bilateral relations, EU and international issues.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold weekly news conference.
US
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to meet with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis at White House.
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to host 2019 Annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards Ceremony.
UAE
ABU DHABI – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with United Arab Emirates top officials.
SOUTH AFRICA
PRETORIA – Turkish ambassador to South Africa Elif Comoglu Ugen to host over 30 female diplomats, heads of UN organizations in capital to commemorate Women's Day.
ETHIOPIA
<p>ADDIS ABABA – National Disaster Risk Management Commission and International Partners to launch 2019 humanitarian response plan.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
