ANKARA
Here are the main topics that the English News Desk of The Anadolu Agency will cover on April 17, 2013:
1- Turkish President Abdullah Gul will receive representatives of foreign students who are visiting Turkey as part of the International Children's Festival celebrated on April 23, in capital Ankara.
- Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek will attend the International Children's Festival ceremony to be held in the Parliament in Ankara.
- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will receive foreign students in Ankara.
2- Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov within scope of the Turkey-Russia High Level Cooperation Council meeting in Istanbul.
- Davutoglu and Lavrov will appear in a joint press conference after the meeting.
3- Turkish Minister of Agriculture, Food and Animal Breeding Mehdi Eker will travel to China on an official visit.
4- Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Omer Celik will attend the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the British capital of London.
5- Turkish Minister of National Education Nabi Avci is in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus for formal talks.