Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday Aug. 31, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Carl Bildt, Sweden’s former prime minister.

ANKARA - EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik guest of Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk.

NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - President Mustafa Akinci to separately meet Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

ITALY

MODENA - Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Ferrari factory.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Francois Hollande to discuss EU’s future, Brexit with European Council President Donald Tusk.

SPAIN

MADRID - Lawmakers vote on investiture of Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as he bids to form government following inconclusive December election.

INDIA

NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

AFRICA

NIGERIA - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg continues first visit to sub-Saharan Africa.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Peace conference starts with 18 of 21 rebel groups discussing move towards federal union.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR - Three Daesh-linked suspects arrested over planned independence day terror attacks.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - Government official claims North carried out execution of vice premier last month for having bad attitude.