ANKARA
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be heading to Egypt to attend the second meeting of the Turkish-Egyptian High-level Strategic Cooperation Council (HSCC).
During his visit, he will also deliver a speech at the Turkey-Egypt Business Forum.
Erdogan will also make the opening of Anadolu Agency's (AA) Cairo branch of Arabic News Service as well as the AA's "Arab Awakening" titled photo exhibition which refers to "Arab Spring".
PM Erdogan will visit Egyptian capital, Cairo on November 17 and 18. Erdogan will be accompanied by several ministers during his visit and will start his program by coming together with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
Erdogan will point the cooperation between two countries at the HSCC meeting and mainly stress Turkey's support on the reorganization and reconstruction process of Egypt.
On the second day of his trip, Erdogan will meet with Egyptian businessmen at the Turkey-Egypt Business Forum.
Turkish firms' investment potentials in Egypt will be discussed at the meeting.
Erdogan will also inaugurate the "Arab Awakening" titled photo exhibition. Photos were taken by AA photo-journalists referring the uprisings.
"Arab Awakening" exhibition photos cover the stories and developments from Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Libya and Syria.
Last year, Erdogan visited the capital Cairo just after the public uprising.
According to the information on Turkish Foreign Ministry's web-site, Turkey and Egypt formed a High Level Strategic Cooperation Council (HSCC) co-chaired by the prime ministers of the two countries during the official visit of Erdogan to Egypt between September 12 and 14, 2011.
Cairo branch of AA Arabic News Service
Erdogan will also hold the official opening of AA's Cairo branch of Arabic News Service.
AA Arabic News Service delivers prominent politics, finance, culture and foreign affairs news, which take place in the Turkish media, to 24 Arabic speaking countries in North Africa and Middle East.
AA Arabic News Services completed its structuring in Cairo, Tunis, Beirut, Rabat, Tripoli, Irbil, Gaza, Ramallah and Doha, and its head office is placed in Istanbul.
In 14 countries, 140 employees serve under the umbrella of AA Arabic News Broadcast Code. AA Arabic News Services' biggest office is in Cairo, Egypt.
