German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is departing on Sunday for a five-day trip to Asia, with stops planned in Indonesia, the Philippines and Uzbekistan, according to the German presidential office, the dpa-international said.
Steinmeier will be accompanied by his wife Elke Büdenbender and a business delegation, his office said.
The final stop on Steinmeier's trip is the Uzbek capital Tashkent, where the president plans to visit a branch of German construction company GP Günter Papenburg, among other engagements.
The visit is expected to focus on the topic of skilled labour migration. Many young people from Uzbekistan go to work as guest workers in Russia or Turkey.
Uzbekistan also has more German-language learners than any other country in Asia, the presidential office said.
With nearly 40 million inhabitants, Uzbekistan is the most populous former Soviet republic in Central Asia.
The country's rapidly growing population - largely rural and Muslim - lives in poverty, in part because Uzbekistan, unlike its neighbours Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, has only limited reserves of oil and gas.
This contributes to significant social problems.
Political observers have said that there is still no genuine opposition in the country and that civil rights are being disregarded.
