Saeed Khatibzadeh said Zarif will attend the event at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.

Iran’s top diplomat will deliver a speech at the forum about the Islamic Republic’s policies regarding ties with neighbors, according to the spokesman.

Khatibzadeh added that Zarif will hold talks with a number of high-ranking officials of other countries on the sidelines of the forum and will also attend a trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan.

The Antalya Diplomacy Forum will kick off in Antalya on Friday with a speech by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

It will gather presidents, ministers, business people and academics from all around the world, according to Turkish officials.

The three-day forum will be held by the Turkish Foreign Ministry under the theme of “Innovative Diplomacy: New Era, New Approaches”.