Germany’s Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer says Berlin desires to send a navy ship to the Indo-Pacific region for joint exercises with Australia next year. “We wish to extend our presence in joint exercises, we would like to send German navy officers to figure in Australian navy units, as an example,” Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer same. Acknowledging China’s importance as a trade partner, she warned Peiping was undermining a “rules-based world order” and same Berlin was trying to build up its presence within the Indo-Pacific region by teaming up with “like-minded” allies. “China has its own concepts concerning individual freedoms, human rights, our Western plan of democracy,” Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer same. “They don’t share several of those concepts that we’ve, several of those values that we’ve, therefore the USA must collaborate a lot of closely with like partners that share our values.” Germany has recently developed a brand new Indo-Pacific strategy that aims to fortify its influence on the region. Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer same Berlin was trying to send a “clear signal” concerning freedom of navigation within the region. It follows accusations from Vietnam and also the Philippines that Peiping is advancing its territorial claims to the South China ocean throughout the coronavirus pandemic. “Not only for the Federal Republic of Germany except for Europe as a full, but we also want an honest and stable scenario within the Indo-Pacific,” Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer same. She is conjointly known as China’s Belt and Road initiative — a world infrastructure push to make new trade routes around the world — a “challenge we’ve to react to”. The Defence Minister bolstered Germany’s support for the “one country, 2 systems” policy about the city. “There should not be any territorial amendment against the want of the opposite facet and there should be no territorial amendment that’s achieved by military means that,” she said. “Like so much as Taiwan worries, they’re our partner. we tend to share equivalent values and that we wish to shield the provisions of the law of nations to create positive they’re adhered to.” Other European countries are eyeing the region, with France conjointly developing its own Indo-Pacific strategy last year.
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