ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):</p> <p> </p> <p>TURKEY</p> <p>ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend mass opening ceremonies in Pursaklar and Golbasi districts.</p> <p>ANKARA – Erdogan also to attend 5th International Benevolence Awards ceremony at Bestepe Congress Center.
ANKARA – Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to visit Morocco’s capital Rabat, joining 14th conference of Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Member States (ISIPAB).
ANKARA – Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat, to release poultry and milk production figures for January.
ANKARA – European Statistical Office (Eurostat) to release industrial production figures for January.
UK
LONDON – British lawmakers to hold vote on government motion over no deal Brexit and possible amendments to it a day after Prime Minister Theresa May's deal was rejected second time round.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Prime Minister of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith to discuss bilateral relations, regional issues.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – Kelley E. Currie, US representative to UN Economic and Social Council, to hold news conference on fundamental freedoms in China's Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region.
US
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to brief on release of 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
WASHINGTON – House Armed Services Committee to hold hearing on national security challenges and US military activity in Europe.
<p>ETHIOPIA</p> <p>ADDIS ABABA – Visiting French President to meet Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki.</p> <p>ADDIS ABABA – Seven agreements to be signed between Ethiopian and French private sector
IRAQ
NAJAF – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani to meet with prominent Shia cleric Ali al-Sistani.
<p>SYRIA </p> <p>ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war. </p> <p> </p> <p>VENEZUELA</p> <p>CARACAS – Monitoring crisis over nation’s leadership.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Now it's water war between Pakistan, India
By Aamir Latif and Shuriah Niazi
KARACHI, Pakistan/NEW DELHI, India (AA) – Weeks of tensions between Pakistan and India triggered by a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir appear to have finally faded, but now an irate New Delhi has opened a new front, this time concerning water.
