German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche begins a four-day trip to the Gulf on Sunday with visits planned to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Reiche is scheduled to chair a German-Emirati energy forum and hold talks with officials during the visit.
She is to be accompanied by an economic delegation including Martin Blessing, Chancellor Friedrich Merz's personal investment representative.
Both countries are important partners in the Middle East, Reiche said in Berlin shortly before her departure, calling them "economically ambitious and strong in technology and capital."
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