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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL – Coverage of new report launch on human rights situation in Tajikistan.

EUROPE

UKRAINE

KIEV – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu meets Ukrainian counterpart Arseniy Yatsenyuk, President Petro Poroshenko and Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Abdulcemil Kirimoglu, during his first visit to Kiev as Turkish PM. Regional issues and deepening of bilateral relations will be at the focus of the visit.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS – Chairman of rotating Bosnia-Herzegovina presidency, Dragan Covic, submits application to join European Union.

SWITZERLAND

ZURICH – Suspended UEFA President Michel Platini's appeal against his eight-year ban from all football-related activities to be heard by FIFA's appeals committee.

AMERICAS

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama hosts ASEAN leaders at west coast retreat for two-day summit.

SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – South Korean ruling party pushes for permanent deployment of nuclear deterrent as North Korean leader calls for more satellite launches.

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE – Federal government responds to doctors in Queensland unwilling to discharge 12-month-old asylum seeker baby set to be deported to Nauru.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR – Police chief announced that former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, outspoken critic of current premier, is under sedition and defamation probe for recent blog posts.