Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to pay his first visit to Türkiye in two weeks, Paralel.Az reports citing Al-Monitor.

Sisi will travel to Türkiye on Sept. 4, according to unconfirmed reports by Türkiye’s Haberturk television and other media outlets.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visited Cairo earlier this month and met with Sisi and his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty. Speaking at a joint press conference with Fidan on Aug. 5, Abdelatty said the two sides discussed the steps to be taken to ensure Sisi's visit is “as productive as possible.”

He added that the two countries plan to ink several cooperation deals in fields from energy to tourism as well as hold the first meeting of the new strategic cooperation council.