Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover Wednesday November 22, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):



TURKEY



ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend the 33rd session of the OIC Standing Committee on Economic and Commercial Cooperation in Istanbul before heading to Russia.



ISTANBUL - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Speaker of Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani in Istanbul. He is also due to attend Turkey Economy Summit.



ANKARA - Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Cavusoglu to attend Anadolu Agency's Editors' Desk to answer journalists' questions.



ECONOMY - Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to announce Consumer Confidence Index for November.



RUSSIA



SOCHI - Presidents of Turkey, Russia, Iran to discuss Syrian settlement process, particularly joint work from Astana talks; joint news conference to be followed.



SOCHI - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to separately meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani.



LEBANON



BEIRUT - Following developments after resigned Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri returns to Beirut.​



SERBIA



BELGRADE - International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia in The Hague to announce its final verdict on former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic, once dubbed as 'Butcher of Bosnia'.



CROTIA



SISAK - Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) to open kindergarten and library.



FRANCE



PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron hosts President of Guinea and chairman of African Union Alpha Conde for talks ahead of former's participation at upcoming African Union-European Union summit to be held in Abidjan on Nov. 29-30, 2017.​



UNITED KINGDOM



LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to respond to questions at parliament session. She is expected to face questions regarding financial Brexit settlement with the EU.



LONDON - Chancellor Philip Hammond to announce autumn budget.​



SAUDI ARABIA



RIYADH - Developments on planned meeting of Syrian opposition in Saudi capital Riyadh to be followed.



ZIMBABWE



HARARE - Developments in Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe's resignation as president to be followed. -