Diary

- Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday Dec. 19, 2017

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday Dec. 19, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet his Djiboutian counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh at Presidential Complex. Both leaders due to address joint news conference following meeting, signing ceremonies of agreements.

ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to meet Guelleh at Turkish Grand National Assembly.

BANGLADESH

DHAKA - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Bangladeshi officials including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

MOLDOVA

CHISINAU - Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Cavusoglu to meet his Moldovan counterpart and Economy Minister Octavian Calmic within framework of Joint Economic Commission’s meeting.

CHISINAU - Cavusoglu also due to meet Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip and President Igor Dodon.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron to meet NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

PARIS - Macron to host King Abdullah of Jordan. Talks are likely to discuss recent decision by the United States regarding Jerusalem.

SPECIAL REPORT

Djibouti finds strategic economic partner in Turkey: Ambassador

By Addis Getachew

DJIBOUTI (AA) - Economic partnership will take center stage during the upcoming visit of Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh to Turkey, says Turkish Ambassador to Djibouti.

OPINION

OIC's Istanbul summit a positive step forward

By Abdullahil Ahsan

KUALA LUMPUR (AA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in its latest Extraordinary Summit Conference held in Istanbul last Wednesday, Dec. 13, declared East Jerusalem the capital of the State of Palestine. This is a remarkable development.