ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency's English News Desk is planning to cover on Tuesday, May 12, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will also meet Kotzias
- Erdogan will then meet Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba.
ANKARA - The Turkish General Staff to hold a funeral ceremony for 7th President of Turkey and 17th Chief of Staff Kenan Evren who was behind the bloody 1980 coup d’etat which has left bitter memories in the minds of an entire generation.
On Monday, all four parties in the Turkish parliament issued a joint declaration saying that they would not be represented at the funeral ceremony, which will be closed to the media.
ANTALYA - After meeting Kotzias, Cavusoglu will have bilateral meetings with Canadian Foreign Minister Robert Douglas Nicholson, Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
AMERICAS
NEW YORK - Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, to brief U.N. Security Council on Libya.
SPECIAL REPORT
- Security cooperation, Iran to dominate US-GCC summit
by Michael Hernandez
WASHINGTON (AA) – Requests for increased security assurances prompted in large part by Iran’s growing influence in the region are likely to dominate this week’s summit between Arab Gulf leaders and the Obama administration, according to experts.
EUROPE
GERMANY
BERLIN - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Frank-Walter Minister Steinmeier, on the second day of his official visit to Germany.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - Turkey's Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci will be in Brussels to sign a revision of the Turkey-EU customs union agreement.
BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers will gather in Brussels for Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA - UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, to meet Turkish Foreign Ministry's Director General for the Middle East and North Africa, Can Dizdar, during ongoing Geneva consultations.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
PALESTINE - Anadolu Agency continues to publish special reports on the 67th anniversary of “Nakba” in Palestine.
PALESTINE - UNDP holds press conference on Gaza reconstruction.
EGYPT - UNESCO chief Irina Bokova expected to start a visit to Egypt.
SPECIAL REPORTS
- Clean drinking water becomes luxury in S. Sudan
By Okech Francis
JUBA (AA) – Water factories have sprung up in recent years in the capital, Juba, producing clean bottled supplies to all 10 states of South Sudan where communities have very few clean water points.
But with the new nation's economy faltering, factories have had to scale down production, leading to a shortage of drinking water for people who rely majorly on bottled supplies.
- African leaders to discuss Brunei election guarantees
By Peter Saramba Ongiri
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AA) – Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza and his top government officials will have to give assurances to leaders of the East African Community (EAC) on free, fair and peaceful elections in Burundi when they meet on Wednesday in Tanzania.
"President Nkurunziza will also have to give assurances on the rule of law before and after Burundi’s general election slated for 26th June," Tanzanian Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Bernard Membe tells Anadolu Agency.
SOUTH ASIA
AFGHANISTAN
KABUL - Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and army chief to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani for discussions on progress of peace talks with Taliban.
SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK - IOM chief of mission to Thailand tells Anadolu Agency he suspects around 8,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants remain in the hands of people smugglers on boats in the Andaman Sea as they try to reach Malaysia, and beyond.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL - President Park Geun-hye holds meeting to discuss latest North Korean threats.
MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia denies alleged involvement in a 12-country coalition led by Saudi Arabia to fight against militants in Yemen; says military troops are in Yemen for purely humanitarian reasons.
SPORTS
GERMANY
MUNICH - Bayern Munich will host Barcelona in UEFA Champions League semi-finals second leg in Munich. The match at the Allianz Arena will start at 2045 CET (1845 GMT).
