TEHRAN, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will leave for Ankara on an official visit Wednesday at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported on Monday.
A high-ranking political and economic delegation would accompany Raisi during his first trip to Türkiye, the report said.
The two presidents are scheduled to hold a private meeting after Raisi arrives in Ankara before they co-chair the eighth meeting of the Türkiye-Iran High Level Cooperation Council and hold a joint press conference.
Raisi and Erdogan will also attend a joint meeting of the two countries' traders and businesspeople. ■