ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday Dec. 21, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to host Culture and Art Awards Ceremony at Presidential Complex.
ANKARA - Erdogan to receive separately Turkish Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar and National Intelligence Organization director Hakan Fidan.
ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend Istanbul Technical University (ITU) alumni summit.
ANKARA - Yildirim to also attend Renewable Energy Resource Area (YEKA) - Photovoltaic Solar Module Factory and Research and Development groundbreaking ceremony.
ANKARA - Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Numan Kurtulmus and Health Minister Ahmet Demircan to receive Palestinian with down syndrome Mohamed al-Taweel and his family.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend emergency special session over Jerusalem held by UN General Assembly.
FRANCE
PARIS – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to meet French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.
SPAIN
BARCELONA - Catalans to vote in snap regional election after parliament was annulled by central government following unilateral declaration of independence.
KAZAKHSTAN
ASTANA - Eighth round of Syria talks to start in Kazakh capital.
MACEDONIA
SKOPJE – Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Cavusoglu to be received by Macedonian President Gyorge Ivanov and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.
SKOPJE – Cavusoglu to also attend opening ceremony of primary school that was repaired by Turkish aid agency TIKA and Union of Municipalities of Turkey.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA - Jan Egeland, advisor of UN special envoy for Syria, to brief press after meeting of International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force.
SOUTH AFRICA
PRETORIA - President Jacob Zuma to receive Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa who makes first working visit to South Africa.
PALESTINE
RAMALLAH – Protests against US President Donald Trump decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital expected in West Bank.