Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday Dec. 28, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Presidential Culture and Art Grand Awards ceremony at presidential complex.

ANKARA - PM Binali Yildirim to chair ruling AK Party’s Central Executive Board meeting.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertugruloglu.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to meet Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.

JAPAN

SPECIAL REPORT: Japanese PM’s Hawaii visit: A ‘historic gesture’

By Todd Crowell

TOKYO – Shinzo Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor makes for neat bookend to Barack Obama’s historic May visit to Hiroshima, site of 1945 A-bomb attack that effectively ended World War II. (MOVED)

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – Pension chief becomes latest high-profile official detained over presidential office scandal. (MOVED)