UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the UN chief was leaving for Istanbul yesterday for talks with government leaders and will then travel to Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, for meetings with the king, crown prince, deputy crown prince and other senior officials.
From there, he is scheduled to fly to Dubai where he will speak at the 2017 World Government Summit and meet leaders from the United Arab Emirates.
Guterres will then meet with leaders during stops in Oman, Qatar and Egypt and finally head to Bonn, Germany to attend the G-20 ministerial meeting and Munich to attend the annual Security Conference.