The meeting on Wednesday will mark the first Prabowo-Erdogan tête-à-tête since the former’s presidential inauguration late last year. It comes amid increasingly close relations between Jakarta and Ankara and reports of Indonesia’s plans to purchase Turkish weapons systems.

“The HLSC is the highest regular bilateral forum between the two countries and led directly by the heads of state. All matters of common interest between the two nations will be discussed during the meeting, [including] strategic issues and priorities,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Rolliansyah “Roy” Soemirat said on Friday.

According to an official Turkish statement, Erdogan’s state visit to Indonesia will be the second stop in a three-leg tour that includes Malaysia and Pakistan. Several agreements will be signed during the trip and discussions will be focused on current regional and global issues, particularly the war in Gaza, it said.

While details of the agreements set to be inked during Erdogan’s visit remain unclear, Indonesian ambassador to Turkey Achmad Rizal Purnama said last week that the memorandums of understanding (MoUs) will cover a broad range of topics including cooperation in education and religious affairs.

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Indonesia and Turkey have seen an increasingly close relationship in recent years, a tie that was also reinforced by Prabowo when he visited Ankara last year in July as part of his post-presidential victory international tour. At the time, Prabowo served as the defense minister under Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.