ANKARA

Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday departed for South Africa to participate in the G20 Leaders’ Summit.

He is accompanied by Turkish first lady Emine Erdogan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek, and Communications Director Burhanettin Duran along with other officials.

The Turkish president is expected to address various sessions of the summit, which will convene under the theme, “Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability.”