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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, March 18, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories)

TURKEY

CANAKKALE - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ceremonies marking anniversary of victory in Battle of Canakkale, commemorating martyrs of victory.

- Erdogan also to inaugurate Troy Museum, to visit site of 1915 Canakkale Bridge.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Foreign Affairs Council to convene with of ministers of EU member states.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to attend ceremony of Balaklavskaya, Tavricheskaya power plants, and Port substation in Taman, Sevastopol, Russia-annexed Crimea, via video conference.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet with European Council President Donald Tusk ahead of EU summit in Brussels on March 21-22.

UK

LONDON - Commemoration ceremony to be held in Turkish Naval Cemetery in Gosport on Martyrs' Day.

US

NEW YORK - UN Security Council members to meet to receive briefing followed by consultations on situation in Syria.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/ IDLIB - Monitoring developments in civil war.

NEW ZEALAND

CHRISTCHURCH - Monitoring developments in of terror attacks at two mosques.