Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will on Tuesday begin two weeks of official travel that will take him to European countries and Africa, the presidency announced in Nairobi Monday.

Presidential spokesman Manoah Esipisu told journalists in Nairobi that Kenyatta will fly to Belgium, Rwanda, Turkey and Britain where he will discuss regional security, infrastructure, trade and regional integration issues.

"The president will fly to Brussels for the European Union- Africa Summit that begins on April 2 and runs for three days, where he will both present Kenya's case on a number of global issues, and represent the East African Community ?C in his role as current Chairperson ?C focusing on infrastructure, trade and regional integration," Esipisu said.

African and EU presidents and heads of state together with officials from the African Union and the European Commission, are expected to meet to update the Joint Africa-EU strategy signed in 2007 and sign a political pact cementing ties.

EU officials say the summit will discuss peace and security, investment, climate change and migration. It will be preceded by a meeting between African business leaders and their European counterparts.

This is the fourth such summit and while it follows an engagement that goes back many years, it comes amidst growing interest in Africa by global powers.

India, China and Japan have started holding regular Africa- centred summits, while President Barack Obama invited African presidents to the first US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC in August.

According to Esipisu, President Kenyatta will also highlight recent events in Somalia, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Egypt, Madagascar and Mali.

"President Kenyatta will, in reference to Somalia and South Sudan, say that Kenya has shouldered the burden of refugees, and has borne the consequences of the large numbers involved," he said.

During his visit to Rwanda on April 6-7, Kenyatta, partly in his role as chair of the East African Community, will attend events to mark the 20th commemoration of the 1994 genocide.

The genocide marked one of East Africa's lowest moments; part of remembering is to ensure that it is never allowed to happen again. Kenyatta will also hold talks with his host, President Paul Kagame, on bilateral and regional issues.

Kenya and Rwanda have made progress on a number of issues. One key agreement delivered under Kenyatta's tenure is that Kenyans, on a reciprocal basis, do not require work permits to work in Rwanda.

Esipisu said the Kenyan leader will then head to Turkey on April 8-10, where he will make a state visit that will focus on improving bilateral trade.

The president will end his tour in London, where he will hold meetings on trade, while supporting First Lady Margaret Kenyatta, who will run in the Virgin London Marathon on April 13, to raise money for her Beyond Zero campaign that targets improved maternal health and nutrition.