Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay to attend Turkey-Uzbekistan Business Forum, meet Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Elyor Ganiyev, and later chair meeting of Turkey-Uzbekistan Mixed Economic Commission

ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release consumer confidence index for July

ANKARA - TurkStat to release international migration statistics for 2018

U.S.

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to meet with Republican senators on Turkey’s S-400 purchase

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan

WASHINGTON - United States Institute of Peace (USIP) to hold discussion with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan

UK

LONDON - New leader of leading Conservative Party and UK's new prime minister will be announced

SPAIN

MADRID - Following first vote of confidence for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM- Monitoring situation after Israeli move to tear down dozens of homes in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM - Following developments in case of Anadolu Agency photographer Mustafa Kharouf after Jordan denied him entry upon deportation by Israel

ALGERIA

ALGIERS - Student demonstrations to be staged calling for departure of Bouteflika-era officials

LEBANON

BEIRUT- Minister of Labor Camille Abousleiman to meet with Palestinian trade unions to discuss controversial labor law

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Tripoli-based Government of National Accord forces increase reinforcements amid reports on Haftar’s imminent offensive

SUDAN

KHARTOUM- Following the ongoing talks between opposition bloc and armed groups

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Turkey’s Family, Labor and Social Services Minister Zehra Zumrut Selcuk to attend National Children’s Day activities

JAKARTA – Selcuk also to attend signing ceremony of memorandum of understanding between Turkey and Indonesia on empowering women and protecting children

NAMIBIA

WINDHOEK – Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to attend first meeting of Turkey-Namibia Mixed Trade and Economic Committee

SPECIAL REPORT

Ethiopia: Push for new ethnic state may expose constitutional deficiencies

By Addis Getachew

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - On the verge of becoming the tenth state in federal Ethiopia, 10 ethnic groups in the Southern Ethiopian Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Regional State (SNNPRS) continue on their controversial push.