Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis at the presidential complex. He will later meet Qatar's Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah at the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party headquarters.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release August consumer confidence index.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - British government expected to publish international arbitration paper to clear its position on relations with European Court of Justice during and after the proposed transition period that will take effect with Brexit in 2019.

FRANCE

PARIS - French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb meets his Spanish counterpart Juan Ignacio Zoido to discuss Franco-Spanish cooperation and the fight against terrorism.

PARIS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian holds talks with UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura. ​

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to deliver remarks on the future of the Western world, ahead of federal elections on Sept. 24.

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

SARAJEVO - Turkish Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock Ahmet Esref Fakibaba on an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina.​

SERBIA

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to have a phone conversation​ with Macedonian prime minister, two days after the Serbian government withdrew its officials from their diplomatic posts in Skopje.

RUSSIA

SOCHI - President Vladimir Putin to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in coastal town of Sochi, where they will discuss bilateral relations and situation in the Middle East.

VIETNAM

HANOI - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in Vietnam's capital of Hanoi for official talks.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to visit Baghdad to discuss the issues on the agenda of Turkey-Iraq relations. He will later head to Erbil, to meet Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish Regional Government.

ANGOLA

LUANDA - Angola votes to elect new president.

SUDAN

SPECIAL REPORT

Children of Sudanese Daesh members come home from Libya

By Mohammed Amin

KHARTOUM (AA) - Three children of Sudanese parents who joined the Daesh terrorist group in Libya were reunited this week with their extended family.