ANKARA 

Turkey’s President on Monday arrived at Qatar’s capital Doha to attend the fifth meeting of the Turkey-Qatar High Strategic Committee.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan left on the Turkish presidential plane from Esenboga Airport in the capital Ankara at 9.25 a.m. local time (0625GMT), and arrived at Hamad International Airport in Doha at 12.40 p.m. local time (0940GMT).

Among those welcoming Erdogan at the airport were Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah, Turkish Ambassador to Qatar Fikret Ozer and other officials from the embassy.

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