Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Envoys of U.S., Colombia, Morocco set to present their credentials to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce Economic Consumer Confidence Index for August, release labour force index for second quarter.

ANKARA - Central Bank of Turkey to release international reserves, foreign currency liquidity figures for July.

ANKARA - Following developments after meeting of Turkish, Russian presidents in Moscow.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

MOSCOW - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold news conference.

BELARUS

MINSK - Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet President Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus counterpart.

ESTONIA

TALLIN - Cavusoglu to meet Estonia’s Prime Minister Juri Ratas, Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu.

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

SARAJEVO - Bosnia and Herzegovina to mark anniversary of Markale massacre in which 43 civilians were killed by shell fired by Serb forces during siege of capital Sarajevo.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Ministry Fatih Donmez to separately meet Iraq’s prime minister, ministers of oil and electricity.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Turkey’s Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul to meet separately TRNC’s President Mustafa Akinci, Parliament Speaker Teberruken Ulucayand, Prime Minister Ersin Tatar.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syria.

SPORTS

ANKARA - Turkey women's national volleyball team to face France in 2019 European Championship Pool A match.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey made me feel right at home: Dominican chef

By Tuba Sahin and Sena Guler

ANKARA (AA) - After living in Turkey for the last three years, a Dominican chef says she feels right at home, as she works to improve her long-honed recipes using ingredients and techniques she picked up in Turkey.