ANKARA — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will travel to Turkey on Friday to meet with his Turkish counterpart President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish government announced.
The Turkish Presidency’s communication directorate said Friday that Erdogan and Tebboune would meet in Istanbul on Saturday to discuss bilateral ties as well as regional and international developments.
Tebboune will be the fourth foreign leader that Erdogan has met with in Turkey after his inauguration in early June. Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenksyy, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani have all visited Turkey.
Tebboune will travel to Turkey as the final stop of his regional tour which included Qatar and China. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu News Agency said the Algerian president will travel to Istanbul from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. During his five-day official visit to the Asian powerhouse, Algiers and Beijing signed 19 cooperation agreements.