Turkish president to visit Iran on ties
TEHRAN – Turkish President Abdullah Gul is set to pay a visit to Iran on Sunday, the local satellite Press TV reported Thursday, Xinhua reported.
Gul is scheduled to meet with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and some other Iranian high-ranking officials to talk about bilateral relations and also to travel to the Iranian cities of Isfahan and Tabriz, according to the report.
The Turkish president will head a delegation of 300 people, including 135 officials and more than 100 businessmen in his four- day visit.
Four cabinet ministers, including Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, are also to accompany the Turkish president in his visit.
Reportedly, Turkey's State Minister for Foreign Trade Zafer Caglayan said Tuesday the two neighboring tates would boost their trade volume to 30 billion U.S. dollars in the next five years.
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