Deploying our frigate to the Indo-Pacific makes clear that Germany stands up for our common values.”Ĭhina, which claims most of the disputed South China Sea as well as Japanese-held islands in the East China Sea, has defended its growing maritime activities and says it has the right to defend its sovereignty, security and development interests.Rise of the Empire, Rebellion, New Republic "Here important decisions over freedom, peace and wellbeing in the world are being made. Eberhard Zorn, chief of Germany’s armed forces, said at a joint news conference with Kishi. “The Indo-Pacific is today one of the strategically most important regions of the world," Gen. The two sides signed an agreement in March on the protection of classified information exchanges, and held their first security talks involving defense and foreign ministers in June.
Germany adopted a defense guideline last year focusing on the Indo-Pacific region and has since stepped up its military ties with Japan. Warships from those countries recently conducted joint naval exercises in the East and South China seas. The frigate left Germany in August for deployment in the Indo-Pacific as part of the country’s recent shift to the region and follows similar moves by other European countries including Britain, France and the Netherlands. "It shows Germany's strong commitment to actively contribute to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific,” he said. (Kyodo News/Japan Pool Photo via AP) AP Show More Show Less The frigate Bayern is visiting Tokyo after two days of joint exercises with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Samidare in the Pacific Ocean amid increasingly assertive maritime activities by China in the region. Eberhard Zorn, right, the German chief of Defense, after inspecting the German navy frigate Bayern, in the background, at Tokyo International Cruise Terminal in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. (Kyodo News/Japan Pool Photo via AP) AP Show More Show Less 2 of11 Japan’s Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, third from left, talks with Gen. Kishi on Friday said Japan will step up military cooperation with Germany in the Indo-Pacific region as he welcomed a port call by the first German warship to visit Japan in about 20 years. Eberhard Zorn, right, chief of Defense of the German Armed Forces, listens during a news conference in front of the German navy frigate Bayern at Tokyo International Cruise Terminal in Tokyo, Friday, Nov.
1 of11 Japan’s Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, center, speaks as Gen.
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