Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing / breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expected to speak on departure for Greece visit.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag, Technology Minister Farouk Ozlu to attend meeting of Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD).

ANKARA - National, global reaction to U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

GREECE

ATHENS - Erdogan to meet President Prokopis Pavlopoulos in first visit by Turkish president in 65 years.

ATHENS - Erdogan to meet Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, hold joint news conference.

ATHENS - Official dinner for Erdogan, First Lady Emine Erdogan.

PALESTINE

GAZA/RAMALLAH - Demonstrations to be held in occupied territories to protest U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

EGYPT

CAIRO - Middle East reacts to landmark U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj for talks on political process in Libya, cooperation on migration.

BERLIN - Social Democratic Party congress to elect leader, consider coalition negotiations.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to deliver counter-terrorism speech.

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker for further Brexit talks.

LONDON - Leader of Turkey's Republican People;s Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu to meet Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Catalan pro-independence protest in wake of October's referendum, arrest of Catalan leaders.

BRUSSELS - EU Justice and Home Affairs Council to meet.

NEPAL

KATHMANDU - Second phase of national, provincial elections.