Erdogan stated before departing Istanbul, "Our primary Agenda during our visits will be joint investment and commercial activities with these countries in the upcoming period."

He said two-way exchange with Bay nations has shot up from $1.6bn to about $22bn throughout recent years.

"With the business gatherings to be coordinated, we will search for ways of moving this figure a lot further," Erdogan said.

“This visit is an important indicator of the solid relations that bind Turkey and Qatar,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Nasser bin Jassim Al-Thani told Turkey’s Anadolu Agency ahead of the visit to Qatar.

Bin Nasser said the agenda for Erdogan’s visit to Doha would include expanding investments between the two countries.