Gül is accompanied by state ministers Selma Aliye Kavaf and Faruk Nafiz Özak, Industry & Trade Minister Nihat Ergün, businessmen and representatives of nongovernmental organizations.
President Gül had a meeting with Turkish businessmen working in Democratic Republic of Congo at Grand Hotel in Kinshasa.
Turkey attached a great importance to its relations with Africa, the Turkish president said. Gül recalled the Turkey-Africa Cooperation Council meeting that took place in İstanbul in 2008 within the scope of the government's Africa initiative.
President Gül said Turkey extended humanitarian aid to several African countries without expecting anything in return and Turkey's aid exceeded 1 billion US dollars.
Gül added they supported Turkish businessmen in African countries which had great potentials.
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