Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - Turkish Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to attend final day of meetings of European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments.

UKRAINE

KIEV - Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek to attend 13th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy.

KIEV - Simsek to meet Turkish businessmen and Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Hennadii Zubko.

SLOVAKIA

BRATISLAVA - Leaders of 27 EU countries to gather in Slovak capital Bratislava.

BRATISLAVA - EU Term Chairman and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and EU Council President Donald Tusk to hold joint press conference.

KYRGYZSTAN

BISHKEK - Leaders of Commonwealth of Independent States to gather.

MYANMAR

YANGON – Court martial sentences 7 soldiers to 5 years in jail for murdering civilians in NE Shan State during fighting with ethnic rebel groups.

VIETNAM

HANOI – CEO of Vietnam's main state-owned oil company arrested for corruption as part of crackdown by top Communist Party leaders.

JAPAN

TOKYO – High court rules it was illegal for Okinawa’s governor to block relocation of U.S. airbase by revoking his predecessor’s approval for landfill work.