Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan expects to hold talks with Vladimir Putin during his scheduled visit to Iran on 18-19 July, RIA Novosti reported, citing the office of the Turkish leader.

On 19 July, Tehran will host the VII meeting of the High-Level Cooperation Council between Turkey and Iran, chaired by Erdogan and Ebrahim Raisi.

The office said that during the meeting, the relations between Turkey and Iran will be examined in all aspects, as well as possible steps to expand bilateral cooperation. In addition, the talks will include an exchange of views on regional and global issues.

On the same day, Tehran will host the VII trilateral summit in the Astana format with the participation of the presidents of Turkey, Russia and Iran.

Within the framework of the meeting there will be held consultations on the issues of the current situation in Syria; fight against terrorist organizations threatening the security in the region, first of all, ISIS and Kurdistan Workers' Party; steps aimed at political settlement and humanitarian situation; voluntary return of Syrians to the territory of Syria.

As reported by RIA Novosti, the Kremlin confirmed that Vladimir Putin will visit Tehran on 19 July.