Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

VAN - Monitoring developments in eastern Van province where nine people lost their lives following earthquake in Iran.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev at Zagulba Palace.

BAKU - Erdogan and Aliyev to co-chair 8th High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council meeting, they also due to hold joint news conference following Council meeting.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with UN chief Antonio Guterres. Lavrov also due to speak at Conference of Disarmament and to take part in 43rd session of UN Human Rights Council.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to meet his counterparts from Sweden, Finland, South Korea and Jordan, as part of Stockholm Initiative on Nuclear Disarmament.

LIBYA/RUSSIA/TURKEY

TRIPOLI/MOSCOW/ANKARA - Monitoring developments on diplomatic initiatives carried out to find solution to Libyan crisis following Berlin conference, as well as on cease-fire process.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB/RAQQAH/HASAKAH - Monitoring humanitarian crisis in Idlib and attacks of Assad regime, Iranian-backed terrorist groups, Russia in de-escalation zone.

PALESTINE

GAZA CITY - Following escalation after Israeli army carried out dozens of airstrikes on different parts of Gaza Strip.

CHINA

WUHAN - Following global spread of coronavirus outbreak and efforts to fight it.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Industry and Technology Ministry is expected to announce international foreign direct investments for December and 2019.

SPORT

LONDON - Chelsea to face Bayern Munich in London and Napoli to take on Barcelona in Naples in UEFA Champions League last 16 matches.

SPECIAL REPORT

Former Pakistani Army Chief Beg blames CIA for Ziaulhaq death

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - Denying their hand in the killing of former Pakistan military ruler Gen. Muhamamd Ziaulhaq, two former generals of the Pakistan army have drawn divergent conclusions on the reasons behind the plane crash.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Khojaly genocide one of darkest pages in 20th century history'

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA (AA) - The "genocide" committed in 1992 against hundreds of Azerbaijanis by Armenians was one of the darkest pages in the history of the 20th century, Azerbaijan’s envoy to Turkey said.

SPECIAL REPORT

Millions more may become climate refugees in future: Expert

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Millions of more people may become climate refugees in a world, where unprecedented melting of ice will continue to increase the sea level due to the human-induced global warming, an environment expert said.