Germany sends troops to Australia for first time with focus on Indo-Pacific
India TodayGermany will, for the first time, send troops to Australia as part of joint drills with some 30,000 service members from 12 other countries, underlining Berlin's increased focus on the Indo-Pacific amid rising tensions with China in the region. "It is a region of extremely high importance for us in Germany as well as for the European Union due to the economic interdependencies," Army Chief Alfons Mais told Reuters in an interview published on Monday, hours before the first German troops were to leave for Australia. When asked what message the first deployment of German troops to Australia was meant to send to China, he underscored Berlin did not aim to antagonise anybody. Mais plans to visit the German troops in Australia and a Rheinmetall plant assembling Boxer armoured transport vehicles for both armies in mid-July, before travelling on to Japan and Singapore.
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