Iranian, Turkish FMs hold phone call ahead of Erdogan's visit

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed issues of mutual interest in a phone call on Saturday.

Report informs, citing IRNA, that the high-ranking diplomats discussed issues related to the relations between the two countries, as well as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's forthcoming official visit to Tehran on Monday.

Erdogan will arrive in the Iranian capital on Monday afternoon accompanied by a senior delegation of Turkish political and economic officials.

His visit will take place at the official invitation of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

Erdogan will attend a joint meeting with Raisi and their Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday evening as part of the Astana format aimed at resolving the decades-old crisis in Syria.