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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, April 12, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair meeting of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s top decision-making body.

ANKARA - Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to receive his Kazakh counterpart Yelzhan Birtanov and his delegation. Two ministers scheduled to have joint press conference after meeting.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release statistics for dairy and poultry production for February.

ANTALYA - Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend NATO Parliamentary Assembly meetings in resort city of Antalya.

ANTALYA - Cavusoglu to also deliver speech at opening session of Middle East Private Group Joint Seminar.

US

WASHINGTON - Turkey's Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak to attend International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council likely to discuss Sudan, after a military takeover that ensued months-long anti-government protests.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for talks on bilateral relations, regional issues.

UK

LONDON - Departures: A Photographic Journey Through the Islamic World exhibition to be launched with press event.

LONDON - The Extinction Rebellion, an environmentalist group to hold rally in London's shopping hub Oxford Street.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Monitoring developments after Khalifa Haftar, who commands forces loyal to Libya’s eastern government, launches campaign to capture capital Tripoli, where UN-backed unity government is headquartered.

ALGERIA

ALGIERS - Monitoring developments after Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's resignation following weeks of demonstrations.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Following developments after Sudanese military announces removal of Omar al-Bashir as president.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

BUCHAREST - 2019 European Wrestling Championships to continue.

SPECIAL REPORT

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