Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address award ceremonies for Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Erdogan also due to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s Central Executive Board (MYK) meeting at party headquarters.

ANKARA - Following developments in wake of U.S. announcement it will withdraw its forces from Syria, including northeastern Syria.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release sectoral confidence indices for December and Social Protection Statistics for 2017.

ANKARA - Central Bank to announce capacity utilization rate of manufacturing industry for December.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to hold meeting with government members. Putin later to receive representatives of the Russian business community.

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi.

MOSCOW - Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova to hold weekly press conference.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

YEMEN

SANAA - Monitoring developments in Yemeni humanitarian crisis.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Monitoring developments after tsunami hit Sunda Strait following volcanic eruption.