Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday, March 7, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend program on International Women’s Day.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to welcome Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ (TRNC) premier, Tufan Erhurman at official ceremony.

ANKARA - Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin to hold news conference at Presidential Complex.

SYRIA

IDLIB/AZAZ/AFRIN - Monitoring Turkey's continuing Operation Olive Branch against terrorist groups YPG/PKK-Daesh in Afrin, northwestern Syria.

UK

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to meet visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

LONDON - Home Secretary Amber Rudd to hold high-level security meeting over incident involving former Russian spy Sergei Skripal.

LONDON - Wiltshire Police to hold news conference as their investigation into the incident involving former Russian spy continues.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Minister Numan Kurtulmus and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend opening of Turkish pavilion at ITB Berlin tourism fair, world’s leading travel trade show.

AUSTRIA

VIENNA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend opening ceremony of Yunus Emre Institute in Vienna. He is also due to meet representatives of the Turkish community in Austria.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UNHCR’s Special Envoy for the Central Mediterranean Situation Vincent Cochetel to update on the Central Mediterranean situation in a news conference at UN.

U.S.

NEW YORK - United Nations Security Council to hold closed-door meeting to discuss developments in Syria.

ALGERIA

ALGIERS - Council of Arab Interior Ministers to hold its 35th session in Algerian capital.

SIERRA LEONE

FREETOWN - Sierra Leone to vote for its new president, parliament.