Erdogan arrives in South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in South Korea for a two-day official visit on Tuesday.

Erdogan was welcomed by Turkish Ambassador Ersin Ercin and South Korean officials at Seoul Incheon International Airport.

Erdogan will be in Seoul until May 3 on the invitation of his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in.

The president is accompanied by a large delegation, including his wife Emine Erdogan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Culture and Tourism Minister Numan Kurtulmus, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci, intelligence chief Hakan Fidan, Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul, Science, Industry, and Technology Minister Faruk Ozlu, Customs and Trade Minister Bulent Tufenkci, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin and Religious Affairs head Ali Erbas.

Reporting by Ilkay Guder; Writing by Sadik Kedir Abdu