Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremony for week of Mawlid al-Nabi (birth of Prophet Muhammad) at Bestepe National Congress and Culture Center.

ANKARA - Erdogan also to welcome visiting Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Ersin Tatar with official ceremony and to attend joint news conference.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.

ANKARA - Following latest developments on novel coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

KAZAKHSTAN

NUR SULTAN - Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to meet his Kazakh counterpart Nurlan Yermekbayev and Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development Beibut Atamkulov.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Monitoring cease-fire between Azerbaijan, Armenia to stop clashes in Upper Karabakh region and regional developments.

US

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to hold election rally in Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON - NASA plans to announce “exciting new discovery” about Moon.

WASHINGTON - Senate expected to vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to meet with heads of parliament's factions.

GREECE

ATHENS - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to have talks with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Following preliminary talks to find solution to end hostilities between Libya’s warring parties.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release sectoral confidence index for October.

ANKARA - Turkey’s Central Bank to reveal capacity utilization rate in manufacturing sector for October.

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