ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday Feb. 8, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address local administrators at Bestepe National Culture and Congress Center. Later, Erdogan to meet separately with Libyan Presidential Council Chairman Fayez al-Sarraj, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, and singer Yusuf Islam at presidential palace.
ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to join ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s district leaders at ATO Congresium in Ankara. Later to receive Libyan Presidential Council Chairman Fayez al-Sarraj and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir at Cankaya Palace.
ANKARA - Education Minister Ismet Yilmaz to attend Anadolu Agency Editors’ Desk.
ANKARA - Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu to chair party’s executive board meeting.
ANKARA - Parliament to discuss one-year extension of existing mandate to use Turkish naval forces in the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, and offshore Somalia.
ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to release index of industrial production and retail sales index in 2016.
ANKARA - Visiting Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome Wirtu to visit Ankara University.
U.K.
LONDON - PM Theresa May to take questions on Brexit and recent domestic and international developments at parliament.
FRANCE
PARIS- French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault hosts Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, in France to campaign against Israeli efforts to legalize illegal settlements on private Palestinian land.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Uruguay’s President Tabare Vazquez to discuss boosting bilateral trade and energy sector cooperation.
PALESTINE
RAMALLAH - Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Nabi Avci to meet Palestinian tourism and culture ministers in Palestine.
SAUDI ARABIA
RIYADH - Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik to meet Saudi officials in Riyadh.
SOMALIA
MOGADISHU - Somali MPs to elect country's next president amid violence and insecurity across the East African state.