Berlin, March 3, SPA -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will visitGermany later this month for talks expected to address thesituation in the Palestinian areas and moves towarddemocracy in the Middle East, the German government saidFriday. Mubarak will meet Chancellor Angela Merkel on March 11,spokesman Thomas Steg said. He also is expected to meetGermany's president and foreign minister. The Associated Press quoted Steg as saying it would be "important for the chancellor to hear from Hosni Mubarak how he evaluates" the next stepsin the Palestinian situation after the parliamentaryelection victory for the Hamas group.--SPA 15 23 Local Time 12 23 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/336305