President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan travelled to Hungary on an official visit at the invitation of Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán.
President Erdoğan departed from Atatürk Airport to Budapest, the capital of Hungary, at 12.00.
After saluting the military parade guard on the apron, President Erdoğan was seen off by Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, İstanbul Governor Davut Gül, and other officials.
President Erdoğan was accompanied by First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Interior Ali Yerlikaya, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Minister of National Defence Yaşar Güler, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat, Director of National Intelligence Organisation İbrahim Kalın, Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun and other officials.
During the Sixth Meeting of the Türkiye-Hungary High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, to be held in Budapest under the chairmanship of President Erdoğan and Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán, it is expected that all aspects of the Türkiye-Hungary relations, which are at a strategic partnership level, will be reviewed and steps to be taken to further deepen the bilateral cooperation will be discussed.
During the talks, the two leaders are expected to exchange views on current regional and global issues as well as bilateral ties; in addition, the opening ceremony of the Türkiye-Hungary Culture Year is planned to be held.