ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend a meeting of local administrative supervisors and later to chair National Security Council meeting at presidential complex.
ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release economic confidence index for January.
ANKARA - Turkey's Central Bank to release first inflation report of year.
ISTANBUL - The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency of Turkey (BDDK) to release sectoral figures as of December 2018.
US
WASHINGTON - China's Vice Premier Liu He pays two-day visit for trade talks with top US officials.
WASHINGTON - Monitoring developments after President Donald Trump's announcement of withdrawal from Syria.
UK
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May to respond to questions by lawmakers at the House of Commons.
GERMANY
BERLIN - German parliament to debate recent developments in Venezuela.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet with his Moldovan counterpart Igor Dodon.
MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed al-Hakim.
MOSCOW - Turkish Tourism Deputy Minister Ahmet Haluk Dursun to deliver speech at Yunus Emre Institute.
VENEZUELA
CARACAS - Monitoring developments on opposition-held demonstrations in different parts of capital Caracas.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of US decision to withdraw its troops.
YEMEN
SANAA - Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Cuban envoy slams US threat of activating suspended law
By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet
ANKARA (AA) - Cuban envoy in Ankara has criticized the U.S. administration’s announcement that Washington will consider allowing a law, which has been suspended since its enactment in 1996, into effect.
SPECIAL REPORT:
UK should 'lead not leave' EU, prominent campaigner says
By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal
LONDON (AA) – The UK should renegotiate the terms of its EU membership with the bloc instead of leaving it, according to a prominent Remain campaigner.