The "Bayern" (Bavaria) will sail in the Indo-Pacific region for six months
DW: German warship sets sail for Indo-Pacific region
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the ship was a sign that Germany was assuming the responsibility of maintaining the international order. Its visit to the South China Sea has raised eyebrows.
Germany sent a warship to the South China Sea for the first time in almost two decades on Monday, aligning itself with other Western nations by expanding its military presence in the region.
The "Bayern" (Bavaria) set sail for its six-month deployment from a naval base in Wilhelmshaven, northwestern Germany, with more than 200 soldiers on board.
As part of the tour, the vessel will dock in the ports of Germany's allied partners. But it is the decision to sail in the contested waters of the South China Sea that will test Berlin's delicate relationship with Beijing the most.
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Finally!
ReplyDeleteHow long will the German Navy conduct freedom of navigation exercises before German big business slavering over Chinese business scraps and Merkel's Sith Lord protégé object.
ReplyDelete"... considering that the PRC is now Germany’s largest trading partner and that Germany’s business community remains determined to stay fully engaged in the Asian market..."
www.19fortyfive.com/2021/07/americas-acceptance-of-nord-stream-2-will-redefine-europe/
Merkel does remind me of a Sith Lord. She has one successor, who got cold feet and bowed out?
A rich, stable country with a good education system like Germany should have a whole bevy of people, who should be willing and competent to replace her. But it is one. Then she had to find another protégé had to be found. So yes, it reminds me of the Sith Lord system.
I do not believe that Germany will ever sail it's warship into the south china sea.
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