Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday Dec. 15, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of Uskudar-Umraniye metro line in Istanbul.

ISTANBUL- Erdogan also to attend literary Necip Fazil Awards at Lutfi Kirdar International Convention Center.

ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Senegalese President Macky Sall.

ANKARA – Yildirim to also attend a symposium on migration in Point Hotel.

ISTANBUL – Turkey’s Central Bank to announce foreign investment position for October.

CHINA

BEIJING – Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek to meet Chinese counterpart Wang Yang at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Executive committee of Social Democratic Party (SPD) to decide whether to continue preliminary coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May to attend EU summit where leaders are expected to announce sufficient progress has been achieved in first phase of Brexit negotiations.

​UNITED STATES

SPECIAL REPORT:

US' McMaster pledges cooperation with Turkey amid row

By Michael Hernandez and Hakan Copur

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's national security advisor has vowed to remain in lockstep with Turkey in the fight against terror groups -- just days after his comments sparked a dispute with Ankara.