Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories)



TURKEY



ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend economic council at Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) and chair central executive committee meeting of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.



ISTANBUL - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend International Relations Camp of higher education Loans and Dormitories Institution (KYK).



ANKARA - Ministry of Treasury and Finance to release central government's end-December gross debt stock and Treasury receivable statistics.



COTABATO/ANKARA - Referendum to be held in the Philippines to ratify Bangsamoro Organic Law, which will create Bangsamoro Autonomous Region that will allow major autonomy to Moro Muslims.



BELGIUM



BRUSSELS - Foreign ministers of EU member countries to convene.



BRUSSELS - European Statistical Office (Eurostat) to release government debt and deficit figures for third quarter of 2018.



UK



LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to make statement at House of Commons to reveal alternative Brexit plans.



GERMANY



BERLIN - President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to meet Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev far talks on bilateral relations and international issues.



RUSSIA



MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with new UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen.



US



WASHINGTON - Monitoring developments after President Donald Trump's announcement of withdrawal from Syria amid ongoing government shutdown.



SYRIA



ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of U.S. decision to withdraw its troops.



YEMEN



SANAA - Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war. -