Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, March 11, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

HAKKARI / SIRNAK - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to lead campaign rallies in southeastern Hakkari and Sirnak provinces ahead of March 31 local elections.

ANKARA - Minister of Youth and Sports Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoglu to attend closing ceremony of “Organization of Islamic Cooperation 2018 The Capital Jerusalem”.

ANKARA – Monitoring developments after crash of Ethiopian Airlines plane.

ANKARA - Ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party spokesman Omer Celik to hold news conference at headquarters.

ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release GDP growth figures for last quarter of 2018.

ANKARA- Central Bank of Turkey to release balance of payments figures for January.

ANKARA- Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Technology to release quarterly productivity statistics for last quarter of 2018.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - House of Commons to hold debate on e-petition asking to revoke Article 50, which says "Any member state may decide to withdraw from the union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements."

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins for talks on bilateral relations, EU issues.

BERLIN- Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to visit Afghanistan and Pakistan.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu to take part in State Duma, lower chamber of parliament, session.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD – Iraqi President Berhem Salih to meet his Iranian counterpart Hasan Rouhani.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

VENEZUELA

CARACAS - Monitoring crisis over nation’s leadership.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence to meet with King Abdullah II of Jordan at White House.

NEW YORK - Turkish Minister of Labor, Social Services and Family Zehra Zumrut Selcuk to attend opening ceremony of 63rd session of UN Commission on Status of Women.