Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling Justice and Development Party’s extended provincial heads meeting via video conference.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Monitoring developments in wake of deal ending Armenia's occupation of Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

BELGIUM

BRUSSEL - EU leaders' summit to continue on its second day.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkey's Central Bank to release balance of payments figures for October.

ANKARA - Turkish Industry and Technology Ministry to share productivity statistics for third quarter.

SPECIAL REPORT

Pakistan's envoy: India to use UNSC membership to obfuscate terrorism

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun and Sorwar Alam

ANKARA (AA) - India’s non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council will not bring anything good for Kashmiris as well as Pakistan, says Pakistani envoy to Turkey.

SPECIAL REPORT

Mountains face more pollution during pandemic

By Gozde Bayar

ANKARA (AA) - A Turkish expert said mountains are more likely to be polluted as more people engage in outdoor mountaineering sports during situations like the coronavirus pandemic.

SPECIAL REPORT​​​​​​​

OPINION - Unfair French economic relations with Africa

By Mohamed Badine El Yattioui

RABAT, Morocco (AA) - For several decades in Africa, debates have taken place around economic relations between France and its former colonies in the continent.

SPECIAL REPORT​​​​​​​

'Turkey always with Azerbaijan in sad, joyful days'

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA (AA) - Azerbaijani people are proud of their country's "great history" with Turkey as Ankara has always stood by Baku both in sad and joyful times, according to an Azerbaijani lawmaker