Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive letters of credence from ambassadors of Tanzania, Somalia and Australia.

ANKARA - Erdogan to meet Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military commander Mohammad Bagheri separately at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to hold lunch meeting with Ratas.

KOCAELI - Yildirim to attend workshop and ground-breaking ceremony followed by provincial AK Party meeting.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - British government to publish paper on future of border between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland after Brexit.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets young video bloggers for live interview ahead of September federal election.

KOSOVO

PRISTINA - Chairman of constitutive session of Assembly of Kosovo Adem Mikullovci expected to hold scheduled consultative meeting with representatives of parliamentary political parties to determine continuation of assembly's constituent session.​

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Medipol Basaksehir to take on Spain's Sevilla in the Champions League playoff first round leg matchup at the third Istanbul Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium.