So WW III is about to break out on Erdogan's doorstep and Recip is going for a cuppa with Felix to Kinshasa? Nice one!*Speaking of "Deals", I see where,
Head-to-head Tshisekedi – Erdogan in Kinshasa
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Turkish Republic arrived this Sunday, February 20 in Kinshasa.
After his welcome at N'djili International Airport, by a delegation of members of the government led by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a one-on-one with President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi , at the Palace of the Nation.
The program provides for the signing of a number of contracts between the two countries, followed by a press briefing, which will be held by the two heads of state.
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Erdogan to raise security in DRC visit
Security and economic issues will be at the heart of the official visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who visits the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, the Congolese presidency said.
President Felix Tshisekedi is due to meet with his Turkish counterpart, who will be backed by "a strong delegation" of government members and businessmen from Turkey, said a press release from the Congolese presidency.
Erdogan's African tour, from February 20 to 23, will move on to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.
His two-day DRC trip is intended to help Ankara and Kinshasa strengthen cooperation in the political, economic and security fields, the presidency added.
It "follows the bilateral meetings held between the two heads of state" in September in Ankara and December in Istanbul.
Last September, Tshisekedi paid an official visit to Ankara and then travelled to Istanbul in December where he took part in a Turkey-Africa summit.
Relations between Ankara and Kinshasa have been good for several years and the volume of Turkish investments in the DRC continues to grow.
Bilateral trade between the two amounts to about 40 million dollars but Turkey is seeking to strengthen its presence in Africa.
Since 2003, the volume of its trade with the continent has increased from two billion dollars to at least 25 billion dollars.
Erdogan has visited Africa nearly 40 times since 2005, as prime minister and president, since when Turkey has opened some 40 embassies on the continent.
finance.yahoo.com
*Never a Dull Day in the DRC and it appears that everyone wants / needs a piece of it atm
Food for thought
Frank
Doesn't Recip want to hear all the fireworks from nearby, or is he doing a runner just in case Joe throws a couple of Nukes to wipe out 20% of the Russian army while they are congregated around the Ukrainian border? It would be a great opportunity to inflict a black eye, while Vladimir is showing off his testosterone level.