Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing / breaking stories):


TURKEY

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to officially greet Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the presidential complex and hold a joint press conference after meetings one-on-one and between delegations.

ANKARA – Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin to hold press conference and answer questions of reporters at presidential complex.


UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Follow-up developments amid U.S.’s plan to relocate Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.


SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to be received by National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun.

SEOUL – Yildirim to attend inaguration of Turkish Embassy in Seoul building and come together woth Turkish citizens of South Korea.



UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May to respond questions by lawmakers at the parliament. She is expected to receive questions on a delayed deal with the European Union to carry Brexit negotiations forward.

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to meet Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, for a second time in this week.

LONDON - Turkey's opposition party CHP's leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu will meet British Foreign Office Minister for Europe and Americas Alan Duncan in London.


SERBIA

BELGRADE - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu pays an official visit to Serbia's capital Belgrade. During the visit Cavusoglu will meet with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic and he will also participate a trilateral meeting of the foreign minister of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey.

Foreign Ministers will address the media after the meeting.

BELGRADE - The members of the three-men Bosnian presidency will meet with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic.​




BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - NATO-Georgia Commission to take place on second day of NATO Foreign Ministers meeting. Cavusoglu to attend NATO foreign ministers’ meeting and have a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.



AUSTRIA

VIENNA - Foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia to meet on sidelines of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) meeting.



SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - The eighth round of formal intra-Syrian peace talks to resume in the UN Office at Geneva without the regime delegation. The unified Syrian opposition delegation is expected to meet with UN envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura.



SOUTH AFRICA

PRETORIA - President Jacob Zuma to open the African Union's 6th High-Level Dialogue on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance in Africa.

PALESTINE

RAMALLAH - Palestinian Authority called for a 'day of anger' on Wednesday against U.S.'s expected plan on Jerusalem.