Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday Feb. 1, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Justice and Development (AK) Party lawmakers at party headquarters. Erdogan also due to attend Turkish Youth Foundation's youth gathering at Presidential Complex.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to announce address-based population registration system figures for 2017.

ANKARA - Monitoring developments and reactions to Turkey's Operation Olive Branch against PYD/PKK and Daesh terror groups in Afrin, northwestern Syria.

ANKARA - World Hijab Day, a day in solidarity with Muslim women worldwide, to be observed today.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Turkey's Labor Minister Julide Sarieroglu to be received by President Ilham Aliyev, Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Ahmadov and Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker Ogtay Asadov.

CHINA

BEIJING - British Prime Minister Theresa May to continue her China visit.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet state premiers to discuss efforts for addressing refugee crisis.

RUSSIA

SOCHI/MOSCOW - Monitoring developments and reactions on the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi.

SENEGAL

DAKAR - Following French President Emmanuel Macron’s visits to Senegal.

PALESTINE

GAZA CITY - Following Palestinians’ reaction over listing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh as “terrorist” by U.S.

EGYPT

CAIRO - Emergency meeting of the Arab Peace Initiative Committee to discuss developments of Jerusalem crisis two months after controversial move by U.S.