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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at presidential complex.

ANKARA – Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to receive Ghanaian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to meet with their Russian counterparts Sergey Lavrov and Sergey Shoygu in 2+2 format on Syrian and Libyan crises.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA – Rauf Denktas, founding president of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, to be remembered on his 8th death anniversary.

IRELAND/UK

BELFAST - Prime Minister Boris Johnson to meet leaders of newly restored devolved government; First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neil.

LONDON - Labour Party leadership nomination reaches deadline.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI – Monitoring developments after forces loyal to Libya's renegade general Khalifa Haftar accepted joint call by Turkey and Russia for cease-fire on Sunday.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB/ RAQQA/HASAKEH - Monitoring developments after cease-fire brokered by Turkey and Russia came into effect in northwestern Idlib, which was targeted by Bashar al-Assad regime and allies.

IRAN/US/IRAQ/TURKEY

TEHRAN /WASHINGTON/ BAGHDAD/ANKARA - Following developments after U.S. operation killing Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Forces, and Iran's missile attack on Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops on Jan. 8.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD – Monitoring anti-government protests across country.

ECONOMY

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency’s Editors' Desk to host Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan.

ANKARA - Central Bank to release Balance of Payments statistics for November 2019.

LUXEMBOURG - European statistic office Eurostat to reveal Quarterly Balance of Payment Statistics for third quarter of 2019.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tent cities in northern Syria's Idlib overcrowded

By Erdal Turkoglu

IDLIB, Syria (AA) - The tent cities in northern Syria's Idlib countryside are overcrowding with the recent waves of migration.

SPECIAL REPORT

Austria's unchancing xenophobia in changing government