German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius Oversees Pacific Skies Military Exercises in Hawaii

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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is currently in Hawaii to oversee Germany's participation in the Pacific Skies military exercises. The manoeuvres are a series of military training events in the Indo-Pacific held by Western and regional partners.      #OIDW #DWVideos #BorisPistorius #GermanDefenseMinister #PacificSkies #MilitaryExercises #IndoPacific #Hawaii #GermanyMilitary #DefenseTraining #WesternAllies #RegionalPartners #MilitaryManeuvers #PacificTraining #DefenseCooperation #InternationalMilitary #HawaiiExercises                 ~PR.152~ED.101~GR.124~

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00:00Hundreds of German soldiers, 24 warfare aircrafts and a frigate.

00:09This is just part of what German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has deployed for one of the

00:14largest ever air warfare exercises in the Indo-Pacific.

00:20While in the region for bilateral talks with partners, he also visited German troops taking

00:24part in military trainings.

00:27The aim?

00:28To deter China.

00:29Six Skies is a series of five exercises where the German Air Force participates with the

00:34US, European and regional partners at different places across the Indo-Pacific.

00:41The first three legs in Alaska, Japan and Hawaii have concluded.

00:46The multinational exercises taking place in Australia are set to end this week before

00:51deploying to India for further training.

00:54But why is Germany's involvement in these exercises a priority for Berlin?

00:59Germany is strengthening its military presence in the Indo-Pacific amid rising tensions

01:03between China and Taiwan.

01:06Tensions between the two present a threat to peace in the region, along with the safety

01:10and security of international shipping through the Taiwan Strait, which is part of the South

01:14China Sea, and claimed by Beijing.

01:18China's increasing power play, including building military facilities on islands in

01:23the hotly contested sea, has seen conflict over trade routes, oil and gas deposits and

01:28fishing rights.

01:29With Germany being one of the world's largest exporting nations and almost 60% of all global

01:35economic output being generated in the Indo-Pacific, Berlin needs to ensure trade can flow freely.

01:42Germany's ships will pass through the South China Sea.

01:45But Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has not yet announced whether they will also go through

01:50the Taiwan Strait, a move which would surely upset Berlin's top trading partner, China.

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