At 10: 30 p.m. on June 13 a special China Airlines flight with President Chen Shui-bian aboard took off on a ten-day "Journey of Mutual Aid, Cooperation, and Concern" to four of Taiwan's diplomatic partners in Africa.
陳水扁總統六月三十日晚間十時三十分搭乘華航專機，啟程前往非洲四友邦訪問，展開為期十天的「合作互助、關懷之旅」。