Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Siemens AG Chief Executive Officer Joe Kaeser at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Erdogan to meet Gambian President Adama Barrow, hold joint news conference at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Desk to follow Operation Olive Branch, which Turkish Armed Forces along with Free Syrian Army launched on Jan. 20 to clear PYD/PKK terrorists from Afrin, northwestern Syria.

BELARUS

MINSK - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and his Belarusian counterpart Andrey Kobyakov to hold news conference.

MINSK - Yildirim to attend Turkey-Belarus ice hockey friendly match.

KUWAIT

KUWAIT CITY - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to deliver speech at International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Turkish National Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli to attend NATO Defense Ministers' meeting; he will also separately meet NATO General-Secretary Jens Stoltenberg, counterparts from the U.S.' James Mattis, U.K.'s Gavin Williamson, France's Florence Parly and Spain's Maria Dolores de Cospedal.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to deliver major speech on Brexit.

SOUTH AFRICA

PRETORIA - President Jacob Zuma to address news briefing, a day after his ruling ANC party asked him to step down as head of state.