Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday Nov. 21, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at 62nd session of the alliance’s Parliamentary Assembly. Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik will also attend NATO event.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to chair Cabinet meeting.

SWITZERLAND

MONT PELERIN – UN-backed talks between Turkish and Greek Cypriots set to finish.

UK

LONDON – British inequality, poverty report to be released by prominent NGO, Oxfam.

LONDON – Opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn to address Confederation of British Industry forum, the main body representing U.K. employers.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Mustafa Yeneroglu, head of the Turkish Parliament’s Human Rights Inquiry Committee, to hold talks with German politicians on recent political developments in Turkey.

BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari for talks on regional developments, fight against Daesh.

FRANCE

PARIS – Following reaction to former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s elimination from race to become center-right candidate for next year’s presidential election.

PARIS – President Francois Hollande to hold talks separately with Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament and Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs.

STRASBOURG – European Central Bank President Mario Draghi presents annual report.

UKRAINE

KIEV – Ukraine set to mark anniversary of Euromaidan protests which rocked the capital Kiev three years ago and lead to a change in the country’s government.

MALAYSIA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Malaysia still has hope for trade pact after Trump win

By P Prem Kumar

KUALA LUMPUR – International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed tells Anadolu Agency member states of regional U.S.-led trade pact still hopeful of its ratification despite U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s criticism of Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement during campaigning.

PHILIPPINES

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Military says scouring sea lanes, possible docking sites after two more Indonesian fishermen kidnapped in latest abduction by suspected south Philippines-based militants off eastern Malaysia.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA – Three bodies recovered, while 12 other people remain missing after fishing boat capsized in Java Sea following collision with Vietnam-flagged vessel.