NEW DELHI: The United Arab Emirates is expected to seek India’s expertise in launching its Mars mission when its foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan visits Delhi this week, opening a new chapter in bilateral ties beyond security and economic partnership within a fortnight of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s maiden trip to the oil-rich Gulf nation.India’s assistance for launching the Mars mission will work out more cost-effective for the UAE than is possible from Europe or USA , and mark the first such collaboration between India and any Gulf country, officials said. Al-Nahyan will be in Delhi on September 2-3 with an 83-member delegation, including top officials of the UAE’s space agency and captains of industry.The two sides will explore cooperation in new areas including defence production, infrastructure, security, counter-terrorism, energy security and medium and small enterprises; scientific collaboration in areas such as space and renewable energy, sustainable development, environment , agriculture, desert ecology, urban growth and healthcare during Al-Nahyan’s trip, MEA officials said.