Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani expected to hold joint news conference following bilateral, delegation-level meeting
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday officially welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.
Turkish National Defense Minister Yasar Guler, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc, Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacir, the head of the National Intelligence Organization Ibrahim Kalin, and other officials attended the ceremony.
Erdogan and Sudani, who have moved on to a bilateral and delegation-level meeting, are expected to hold a signing ceremony followed by a joint press conference.
Sudani's visit is expected to address relations between Ankara and Baghdad, as well as current regional and global developments, said the country's Communications Director Fahrettin Altun on Wednesday on X.
A meeting of the Türkiye-Iraq High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council will also take place.
It is expected that documents seeking to enhance cooperation between the two countries in various fields will be signed.
