ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address award ceremonies for Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) at presidential complex.
ANKARA - Erdogan also due to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s Central Executive Board (MYK) meeting at party headquarters.
ANKARA - Following developments in wake of U.S. announcement it will withdraw its forces from Syria, including northeastern Syria.
ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release sectoral confidence indices for December and Social Protection Statistics for 2017.
ANKARA - Central Bank to announce capacity utilization rate of manufacturing industry for December.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to hold meeting with government members. Putin later to receive representatives of the Russian business community.
MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
MOSCOW - Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova to hold weekly press conference.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
YEMEN
SANAA - Monitoring developments in Yemeni humanitarian crisis.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA - Monitoring developments after tsunami hit Sunda Strait following volcanic eruption.