Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama at the Presidential Palace.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to hold joint press conference with Rama.

SIRNAK - Environment and Urban Planning Minister Mehmet Ozhaseki to visit southeastern Sirnak province and its Cizre district.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon heads to Brussels to meet EU officials as Scotland faces prospect of leaving EU after Brexit vote.

LONDON - Reactions to attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport that killed 36 people Tuesday night.

FRANCE

PARIS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault hosts Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov for talks on international crises, including Syria, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, and the situation in the Middle East.​

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Turkey's EU Affairs Minister and Chief Negotiator Omer Celik to meet senior European Commission officials.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak among world leaders to condemn terrorist attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, calls on Muslim countries to unite in combating terrorism.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - South Korea holds first ever missile defense drill with U.S. and Japan, provoking anger in North Korea as Pyongyang hosts major parliamentary assembly

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH - Prime minister warns that as ASEAN declaration in support of upcoming arbitration ruling brought by Philippines against China is over, South China Sea dispute could cause division in member bloc.