On December 20, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will leave for Turkey on Monday, Anadolu agency reports.

Talabani will attend the summit meeting of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Istanbul on December 23.

Within the framework of the visit, he will meet Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The meetings will focus on economic and political relations between Turkey and Iraq.