Diary

ANKARA

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

TURKEY

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev to hold joint news conference.

ISTANBUL – Military and security training conference taking place in Istanbul. [MERITS]

EUROPE

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - European Parliament's foreign affairs committee to vote on 2015 Turkish progress report.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON – Former British cabinet minister Lord Mandelson to deliver speech on the implications of Britain’s EU referendum on the country’s relations with Ireland.

SPECIAL REPORT

Irish Muslim held by Egypt ‘has lost 30 kilos’

By Michael Sercan Daventry

DUBLIN (AA) – Two-and-a-half years after he was arrested in the chaos of a Cairo protest, one man was told last week that his trial was to be delayed for the thirteenth time.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA – Syria peace talks in Geneva to resume, with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura to meet opposition delegation.

GENEVA – Human rights situation in Syria and North Korea to be discussed by UN Human Rights Council.

MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Dollar delivery’ helps Egypt importers evade gov’t caps

By Mohamed Ibrahim

DUBAI (AA) – A foreign currency crisis in Egypt has forced importers to resort to currency dealers to provide the dollars needed to keep their businesses going.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

MYANMAR

YANGON – Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s confidant voted Myanmar’s next president by parliament, with another National League for Democracy member and an ex-junta leader’s confidant likely to take vice presidential posts.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia to deport two Australian reporters accused of interrupting embattled PM Najib Razak at mosque. [MOVED]

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Rights group condemns seizure of hospital by insurgents in Muslim majority south on anniversary of movement.