Second Vice Foreign Minister Kang In-sun makes an opening speech at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Seoul, April 23. Yonhap

Second Vice Foreign Minister Kang In-sun will visit Cameroon and Senegal this week as a special presidential envoy to discuss the upcoming Korea-Africa summit scheduled for June, the foreign ministry said Sunday.

Kang will visit the two countries from Sunday until Saturday and convey the government's wish to host the two nations' leaders during the inaugural summit set for June 4 and 5 in Seoul.

The vice minister also plans to discuss ways to develop bilateral ties with each country, the ministry said. (Yonhap)