Abu Dhabi: UAE Minister of Economy Sultan Saeed Al Mansouri will lead a high-level delegation on a four-day official visit to Poland on Sunday.

Al Mansouri underscored the visit as a step forward to furthering economic, trade and investment relations between the UAE and Poland.

The volume of trade between the two countries reached $642 million (Dh2,361 million) in 2008 and Polish investments in the UAE reached $80 million through 18 companies operating here.

The UAE is now Poland's leading trading partner in the Gulf.

The UAE's imports from Poland reached $617 million, he added.

He noted that the two countries signed a series of agreements covering double taxation in 1991 and civil aviation in 1994, among other areas.

The delegation will include Ahmad Abdul Aziz Al Shehi, Director General of the Ministry of Economy; Mohammad Hassan Al Qamzi, General Manager, ZonesCorp Executive President; Shukri Al Muhairi, General Manager of Dubai Investments Industries; Khalid Eisa Bu Humaid, Deputy Chairman for International Relations and Affairs at Dubal; Obaid Salim Al Daheri, Director of International Affairs at Borouj; Ahmad Al Shamsi, Director of Development at Al Maabar International Investments; Rashid Al Daheri, Director of Projects at Masdar, and Anas Al Barghouthi, Director of Business Development at Mubadala.