EU delegation visits jailed Erdoğan rival İmamoğlu in Istanbul

When I read the word "visit"in the title, it just sounded strange/inappropriate to me, as if it was a social call.

"Afterwards, the delegation visited the CHP's provincial headquarters", the same article reads later on.

Same word complete different setting. This use has never bothered me before, just struck me as nor the best word in this specific context, as hundred of thousands are protesting and some other thousands have been jailed.

Alternatively, EU delegation spoke with/ checked on Omaglu, would've made more sense to me, here.