Lee also plans to attend a Korea-Kenya business forum; visit the Kenya office of the Korea Program on International Agriculture, an assistance project run by the state-run Rural Development Administration; and attend a ceremony to deliver World Food Programme aid to the country.

Lee will then head to Tanzania for a three-day visit that will make him the first leader-level South Korean official to visit the African nation since the two countries forged diplomatic relations in 1992.

The trip includes a courtesy call on President John Magufuli, talks with Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa, a visit to the site of South Korea's official development assistance program in the country and a forum of business leaders of the two countries.

The talks with Majaliwa will focus on how to carry out ODA projects successfully and expand South Korean companies' presence in the African nation. The two sides also plan to sign a visa-waiver treaty for official and diplomatic passport holders, officials said.

After Tanzania, Lee will visit Oman on July 23-25 for talks with the country's deputy prime minister for international relations about expanding economic cooperation between the two countries beyond traditional areas, such as energy and infrastructure, to new areas, such as information and communications technology, smart cities, healthcare and the defense industry. (Yonhap)