Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim will arrive in Turkey on Sunday. The visit is part of a tour of the Middle East countries to underline his nation's rising diplomatic attention towards the region.

The trip, taking in Libya, Turkey, the Palestinian Territories, Israel and Syria, is aimed at "following up dialogue on the regional situation in the Middle East," the ministry said.

The visit is important because it comes two months after Brazil and Turkey drafted an agreement with Iran over its controversial nuclear program - an agreement, however, that was dismissed by the United States and its allies, which instead secured further U.N. sanctions against the Islamic state.

Amorim will be in Tripoli tomorrow, before going to Istanbul on Sunday, Ramallah on Monday, Jerusalem on Tuesday and Damascus on Wednesday.