Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, March 13, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will attend Goodwill Awards Program at presidential complex.

ANKARA – Members of Republican People's Party (CHP) and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to gather for separate group meetings.

SYRIA

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

US

NEW YORK - Turkish Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya to speak at 62nd Session of the UN Status Commission on Women.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Deadline given to Russia by UK to provide explanation on why ex-Russian agent Sergei Skripal and daughter were poisoned by Russian-made nerve agent ends at midnight.

LONDON - New round of Brexit negotiations between UK and EU to start.

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - MEPs to debate guidelines on framework of future EU-UK relations and the upcoming European Council of March 22-23. Vote to take place Wednesday.​

CANNES - Environment and Urbanization Minister Mehmet Ozhaseki to attend Construction and Real Estate Fair.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore and UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis Panos Moumtzis to hold joint news conference after UN human rights council session.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu​ to deliver speech on Turkish foreign policy at MGIMO University​. Cavusoglu to also visit Moscow International Travel and Tourism Exhibition (MITT).

MOSCOW - Culture and Tourism Minister Numan Kurtulmus to attend Moscow International Travel and Tourism Exhibition (MITT).

QATAR

DOHA - Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli to visit Turkish military base in Qatar.

JAPAN

TOKYO - Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to attend roundtable meeting with Turkish-Japanese Business Council members.

PAKISTAN

SPECIAL REPORT: Pakistan losing lucrative export market in Afghanistan

By Shadi Khan Saif

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) - The increasingly cold, stalled and often tense ties between Kabul and Islamabad have practically wiped out Pakistan’s traditional market share, allowing new players such as Turkey, China and India to replace it in landlocked Afghanistan, traders said.