Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday, March 30, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkish EU Minister Volkan Bozkir to meet and hold a joint press conference with Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Victor Erjavec in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana.

Bozkir is also scheduled to meet State Secretary Dragoljuba Bencina and National Assembly Speaker Milan Brglez.

EUROPE

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - U​NHCR holds pledging conference for resettlement of Syrian refugees and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to deliver opening statements. Representatives of neighboring countries Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan also to speak at the conference.

AMERICAS

WASHINGTON - Turkish President Erdogan to meet Turkish and American businessmen at Andrew Mellon Auditorium. Also scheduled to receive representatives of Jewish organizations.

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

PALESTINE

RAMALLAH - Palestinians commemorate 40th anniversary of Land Day when six people were killed in 1976 during demonstrations against seizure of Arab land in Galilee.

SOUTH EAST ASIA & PACIFIC

MYANMAR

SPECIAL REPORT

Advocacy group says many migrants posing as Rohingya

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA - European Rohingya Council says migrants detained by Turkish authorities attempting to get to Europe this weekend are not ethnic Rohingya as they claim, but instead Bangladeshis trying to gain refugee status.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Htin Kyaw, Myanmar’s first civilian president, and two vice-presidents take oath of office in parliament alongside cabinet members, including Aung San Suu Kyi.

THAILAND

BANGKOK - Thai junta chief plans "one month re-education training" for critics of his rule.