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- Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday Dec. 18, 2017

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday Dec. 18, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to speak at Justice and Development (AK) Party's International Migrants Day event in ATO Congresium. Erdogan is also due to chair his party's central executive board meeting.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to pay official visit to Bangladesh's capital Dhaka.

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - United Nations Security Council is expected to vote on draft resolution on status of Jerusalem.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to brief parliament about Brexit developments from last week's EU summit.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Prime Minister of Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Nechirvan Barzani is due to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, to discuss recent efforts to ease tensions between KRG and Iraq’s central government.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG -South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party to declare new party leader.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Intergovernmental Authority on Development, eight-country trade bloc in Africa, to discuss revitalization of South Sudan Peace Process.

UGANDA

KAMPALA - Parliament to hold extraordinary session to discuss constitutional amendment, which if approved will allow President Yuweri Museveni to run for another mandate.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Tunisians mark 7th anniversary of their landmark revolution.