Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is due to fly to Germany next week for a visit aimed at bolstering mutual ties.

The three-day visit to Berlin will begin on Monday, ministry spokesman Ahmed Abou Zeid said.

Shoukry is scheduled to hold talks with his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

The visit comes as Egypt seeks to strengthen relations and bolster counter-terrorism cooperation with Europe.

Egypt has been battling an Islamist insurgency that has spiked since the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. Hundreds of people, mainly police and military personnel, have been killed in militant violence since Morsi's ouster.

In a sign of developing ties, German company Siemens signed an 8 billion euro ($9.05 billion) deal with Egypt in June to supply gas and wind power plants.

Germany has also begun supplying Egypt with submarines; last month the country delivered a submarine built by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to Egypt, and the

German ambassador in Cairo has said that two more submarines destined for Egypt are being built.