CAIRO, July 3, 2018 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri left here for Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday starting a European tour that also includes Austria. The tour aims at following up with relations between Egypt and each of Germany and Austria and probing ways to enhance them in all domains, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said. The minister will meet during his two-day visit to Germany with a number of officials including the head of the Egyptian-German Friendship Group at the Bundestag and give interviews to the German media, he said. He will also meet with his German counterpart and the ministers of transport and economic cooperation, he said. As for his visit to Austria, Shoukri is expected to meet with Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and the Austrian Foreign minister Karin Kneissl for talks on bilateral relations in the political, economic and cultural domains, he added. Shoukri's visit to Austria is important in terms of coordination with European forums especially with Austria's current leadership of the EU, he pointed out.