Diary

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

TURKEY

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive U.K. Foreign Office Minister Alan Duncan.

ANKARA- EU Minister Omer Celik and Duncan to hold joint press conference following their meeting.

ANKARA - Main opposition CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu also to meet Duncan during his two-day official visit to Turkey.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to attend campaign event in eastern German state of Thuringia, ahead of general election on September 24.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - A press stakeout with U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura and his advisor Jan Egeland, following the meeting of the International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force.​

KOSOVO

PRISTINA - UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, on an official visit to Football Association of Kosovo (FSK), to be received by the outgoing Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Kujtim Shala.​