Erdogan to visit Iraq

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Iraq by the end of this year, Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a joint news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Mohamed Ali al-Hakim in Baghdad.

"President Erdogan will visit Iraq to hold the 4th High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council meeting toward the end of this year," Anadolu Agency cited Cavusoglu as saying.

The minister added that during his visit to Iraq, Erdogan will hold a meeting with Iraqi president Barham Saleh, as well as with representatives of the Turkman community of Iraq.