Turkish President Abdullah Gul arrived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on a four-day formal visit on Monday.

President Gul is visiting the Netherlands on occasion of the 400th anniversary of official relations between the two countries.

Abdullah Gul will be the guest of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands during his stay in this country.

Gul is the first Turkish president visiting the Netherlands in 11 years. Ahmet Necdet Sezer paid the last presidential visit to this country in 2001.

After attending an official ceremony at the Amsterdam Dam Square on Tuesday, president will participate in the Turkish-Dutch Business Forum which will focus on cooperation opportunities in agriculture and animal breeding; logistics and transportation; renewable energy and environment technologies.

Abdullah Gul then will proceed to The Hague on Wednesday, visit Dutch Senate and House of Representatives and meet Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

President Gul will gather together with representatives of Turkish community living in the Netherlands, and deliver a speech at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, headed by Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu.