Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday Jan. 17, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend an opening ceremony at Presidential Palace.

ANKARA - Moroccan Ambassador Menouar Alem, Namibian Ambassador Andreas Banjamen Dawid Guibeb to present credentials to Erdogan

ANKARA - Erdogan to receive delegations of Atlantic Council, British House of Commons

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to chair meeting of Justice and Development (AK) Party’s central executive board

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce industrial production figures for 2015

SWITZERLAND

DAVOS - World Economic Forum annual meeting to begin on theme of “responsive and responsible leadership”. Chinese President Xi Jinping ​to address opening session.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold news conference.

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - European Parliament to elect speaker.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Constitutional Court due to announce decision on banning far-right National Democratic Party.