According to Türkiye's presidential sources, Erdogan is set to hold high diplomatic contacts with special focus on NATO.
Erdogan will receive NATO head Stoltenberg on Nov. 4 in Istanbul as the two officials are expected to address NATO membership process of Sweden and Finland, as well as the latest developments related to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
The Turkish president will then host the Swedish premier on Nov. 8 in Ankara to discuss bilateral ties and the Nordic country's NATO bid.
After a phone call with the Turkish president on Wednesday, Sweden's new prime minister said his government would comply with a trilateral memorandum on its NATO accession.
Kristersson said on Twitter that his conversation with Erdogan was constructive and that he was looking forward to visiting Ankara soon.
In response to a letter from Kristersson on Oct. 19, Erdogan had said he would welcome a visit to Türkiye by the new Swedish prime minister.
Finland and Sweden formally applied to join NATO in June, a decision spurred by Russia's war on Ukraine.
However, Türkiye, a NATO member for over 70 years, voiced objections to the membership bids, criticizing the two countries for tolerating and even supporting terrorist groups.
The three countries signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding at NATO's June summit in Madrid, which stipulates that Finland and Sweden will not provide support to the PKK/YPG -- the PKK terrorist group's Syrian offshoot -- or the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Türkiye.
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