ANKARA
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will make an official visit to Iran this coming Tuesday, presidential sources said Saturday.
Erdogan was given an official invitation by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to visit the country. The two leaders are expected to discuss bilateral ties apart from regional and international issues in their meeting.
During his visit to capital Tehran, which will be first presidential visit to Iran from Turkey in the last four years, Erdogan will also attend the second Turkey-Iran High Level Cooperation Council, the sources added.
The first meeting of the Council was held on June 9, 2014, in capital Ankara, and was co-chaired by Erdogan -- then Prime Minister -- and Rouhani.
Erdogan is also expected to hold separate meetings with the Iranian president and the country's highest religious authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in capital Tehran.
Erdogan congratulates Nigeria's president-elect Buhari
Turkish President Recep Tayyep Erdogan congratulated Nigeria's president-elect Muhammadu Buhari, Buhari's office said Saturday.
"President-elect General Muhammadu Buhari has been receiving phone calls from world leaders calling to congratulate him on his victory," Garba Shehu, Buhari's spokesman, said in a statement.
"The leaders have also praised the peaceful nature of the election and its outcome," he added.
*Rafiu Ajakaye contributed this story from Nigeria
