Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Monitoring developments and results from Turkey’s weekend local elections of mayors, city council members, mukhtars and members of elder councils.

ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release inflation figures for March.

ANKARA - European Statistical Office to release retail trade figures for February.

NORTH MACEDONIA

SKOPJE - Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to meet his North Macedonian counterpart Radmila Shekerinsa. Akar also due to be received by President Gyorge Ivanov, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Assembly Head Talat Xhaferi, separately.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Third day of 2nd International Conference on the Cyprus Issue to discuss future of island.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to respond to Brexit related questions in House of Commons a day after she said country would need short extension from EU.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to participate in Atlantic Council event on 70th anniversary of creation of NATO.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet his Turkish counterpart. Talks likely to include Turkey's plans to purchase Russia-made S-400 air defense system, among other issues.

WASHINGTON - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to address joint session of Congress.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to meet his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev.

MOSCOW - Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to meet Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Time to think outside the box on Cyprus issue'

By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet

LEFKOSA, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (AA) - The time to think "outside the box" has arrived on the Cyprus issue, and alternatives to the federation model can be considered, an academic told Anadolu Agency.

SPECIAL REPORT

Gambia eyes to diversify its tourism market

By Sorwar Alam

BANJUL, The Gambia (AA) - Tourism is one of the most important sector for Gambia as it contributes one-fourth to the country’s total gross domestic product (GDP), a minister said.