Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, April 4, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Monitoring developments and results from weekend local elections, including recounts in Istanbul and Ankara mayoral races.

ANKARA - Trade Ministry to release preliminary foreign trade figures for March.

ANKARA - Statistical authority TurkStat to release road motor vehicles statistics for February.

ANKARA - UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to release food price index for March.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - NATO foreign ministers to hold day of formal talks on transatlantic alliance's 70th anniversary; NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to give closing press conferences.

WASHINGTON - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to address Turkish media. Later to meet with National Security Advisor John Bolton at the White House.

KOSOVO

PRISTINA - Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to separately meet with his Kosovar counterpart Rrustem Berisha and Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to resume Brexit talks ahead of current April 12 exit date, amid efforts to get another extension from EU.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to meet with his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenco.

MOSCOW - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold news conference.

ALGERIA

ALGIERS - Monitoring developments in Algeria in wake of aged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's resignation.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Anadolu Efes to take on AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan in final regular season game of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

SPECIAL REPORT

NATO marks its 70th anniversary

By Serife Cetin and Vakkas Dogantekin

BRUSSELS - Founded in Washington on April 4, 1949, with 12 founding members, this Thursday the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is marking 70 years of the alliance, currently boasting 29 members, including longtime pillar Turkey.

SPECIAL REPORT

'After 90+ years, Turkey, Mexico enjoy healthy ties'

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA - Turkey and Mexico are both ancient cradles of civilization and enjoy very positive relations, Mexico's ambassador to Turkey said on Tuesday.