Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend "Forest for Human, Forest for Economy" program. Erdogan to also meet Kuwait's Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, with whom he is expected to sign economic and energy agreements.

ANKARA/ISTANBUL - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Al-Sabah, before gathering with opinion leaders in Istanbul.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency's Editors' Desk to host Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey, Kuwait: A history of deep ties

​By Ahmed al-Masri

ANKARA (AA) - Visit by Kuwaiti emir to Turkey reflects two states’ deep and longstanding relations.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Burkina Faso's President Marc Roch Christian Kabore for talks on bilateral ties, refugee crises and regional security issues.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Scottish parliament to begin debating second independence referendum.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to begin two-day visit to Washington.

NIGERIA

ABUJA - Central bank to conclude two-day monetary policy committee meeting, with statement expected to be release on monetary policy by bank's governor.

MOZAMBIQUE

MAPUTO - Government to announce date for 5th municipal elections which will take place next year.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - Former President Park Geun-hye arrives for questioning as prosecutors probe 13 charges against country’s first democratically elected leader to be expelled from office.