Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference with his Luxembourgian counterpart Jean Asselborn at Foreign Ministry residence.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release Industrial Production Index for November.

ISTANBUL - Cooperation agreement to be signed between Anadolu Agency and D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - British lawmakers to continue debate on Prime Minister Theresa May's EU Withdrawal Agreement prior to a vote on it on Jan. 15.

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to hold meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at UN headquarters.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Manfred Weber, top EU election candidate for Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, to hold news conference following party meeting in Potsdam.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono to hold first round of Russia-Japan talks on the peace treaty between the two countries.

MOSCOW - President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa will be in Russia on 3-day official visit.

NIGERIA

LAGOS - Nigeria's justice chief Walter Onnoghen to be arraigned on six-count charge which was filed at the code of conduct tribunal.

ZIMBABWE

HARARE - National shutdown in Zimbabwe as trade unions and members of public pressure government to talk to the opposition in order to solve the mounting crisis.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Following Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif's official visit to Iraq.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of U.S. decision to withdraw its troops.

YEMEN

SANAA - Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.