The Star:
German navy ships dock in Malaysia for first time in 22 years
PORT KLANG: Malaysia welcomes the arrival of the German Navy frigate FGS Baden-Württemberg and the combat support ship, FGS Frankfurt am Main, which docked at Port Klang Cruise Terminal (PKCT) here from Oct 15 to 18.
The two German Navy ships are part of the Indo-Pacific Deployment 2024 (IPD24), a military initiative involving naval forces from countries like Japan and Germany, aimed at enhancing security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
The ships have been navigating the Pacific and Indian Oceans since June 2024, showcasing Germany’s naval capabilities and commitment to maritime security.
During a press tour onboard the Baden-Württemberg, the German ambassador to Malaysia, Dr Peter Blomeyer, highlighted the strong economic engagement between Malaysia and Germany, with over 700 German companies operating in Malaysia.
"Like Malaysia, Germany is a trading nation. These companies not only produce and employ local people, but they also pay taxes and ship their goods back to Germany," he said, reflecting on the robust economic ties between the two countries.
Blomeyer reaffirmed Germany's commitment to peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region.
He underscored Germany's dedication to maintaining the rule of law in international waters, stressing the importance of freedom of navigation (FON) and secure shipping routes from the Indo-Pacific to Europe.
Meanwhile, Baden-Württemberg’s Rear Admiral Helge Risch expressed his pleasure at being in Malaysia and thanked representatives from the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) for their warm welcome.
"It was in 2002 when the last German ship visited Malaysia, which was 22 years ago. But I am pretty sure that this will happen more frequently in the future because it means a lot to us to be welcomed here,” he said.
Risch explained that their visit is part of naval diplomacy, aimed at establishing contact with their Malaysian counterparts.
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Germany has no claims whatsoever on Malaysian waters, but the People's Republic of China does - a very serious claim.
ReplyDeleteIf it were up to me, I wouldn't get anywhere near the PLAN or allow the PLAN anywhere near Malaysian ports.
1st, who the f*ck r u?
Delete2nd, where is Germany's geological location?
3rd, China has historical rights & geological sovereignty over that marine territories he proclaimed eon ago where those other disputing surrounding nations DIDN'T/DON'T know the existence of those landmasses they now trying to lay their hands on!
The People's Republic of China has only existed since 1949.
DeleteDon't bullshit crap about proclamations eons ago by long dead empires.
Still China tho' different govt with different non-monarchial title
DeleteThe People's Republic of China has the right to its existing recognised borders and territory.
DeleteProclamations by long DEAD Empires over unoccupied and uncontrolled seas and islands mean jack shit.
Proclamations by long DEAD Empires over unoccupied and uncontrolled seas and islands mean jack shit.??
DeleteHasn't that been Israel's claim? Or will you be like the wankees, favouring the Joo-s only
The key word is unoccupied and uncontrolled seas.
DeleteJews have been part of the land from the Jordan River to the Meditetranean Sea for millenia.
Know-nothing mfer, do u truly understand sovereignty continuation?
DeleteObviously u ONLY fart about those fragmented & short-term city-state-like nationalism of the western Europe (old & contemporary) that shaped the modern boundaries of these countries!
China history has a continuation of 5000+yrs of unbroken & recorded history. Every empires/dynasties that rule that land had unabated proclamation of the continuation of that land under a common identifiable civilisation known as China!
Even those northern nomadic invaders who established their empires - Yuan (Mongolian) & Qing (Manchurian) - within the land wholeheartedly embraced that China concept.
Boundary closed & regained throughout that long history have no delimited that China recognition.
"Proclamations by long DEAD Empires over unoccupied and uncontrolled seas and islands mean jack shit.??"
Mfer, that fart ONLY applies when the continuity of the controlling empire concept collapsed under the changing tides of history - as in the Roman/Persian/Osmam empires.
Unfortunately for u, that tide NEVER arises within the eon historical time of China!
“The key word is unoccupied and uncontrolled seas”
DeleteChina has long & proven records of inhabiting & controlling those territories. Many thanks to the fervently record keeping of all those dynasties' 史官 like 司马迁， throughout that eons period!
BTW, those records ain't fables or fabricated farts that most of the western civilization r claimed to be lied on!
The People's Republic of China and its fanboys must learn to stay in its current lane, and not claiming "still China tho' different govt with different non-monarchial title" else there will be plenty of strife for China and its neighbours.
ReplyDeleteDuring the Manchu Dynasty, China's controlled land area was significantly larger, and included all of today's Independent Mongolia, parts of Russian Siberia, parts of Tadjikistan, India, Vietnam, Burma... we could be facing World War 3 if these claims are enforced.
During the Ming Dynasty, about half of what is today Xinjiang was the eastern part of Turkestan under a Turkic Muslim Ruler....
Tibet was ruled by a King , though he paid tribute to Peking ....
.yeah , I sokong their independence, if you insist on "Still China"..
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jOO-S INVADED cANAAN FROM eGYPT, THEN WERE EXPELLED (1ST) BY bABYLONIANS, (2ND-LY) BY rOMANS, AND IN 1947 WERE GIVEN A PIECE OF PALESTINE BY TEH POMS WHO DIDN'T HAD THAT POWER TO GIVE
Delete"During the Manchu Dynasty, China's controlled land area was significantly larger, and included all of today's Independent Mongolia, parts of Russian Siberia, parts of Tadjikistan, India, Vietnam, Burma... we could be facing World War 3 if these claims are enforced.
DeleteDuring the Ming Dynasty, about half of what is today Xinjiang was the eastern part of Turkestan under a Turkic Muslim Ruler....
Tibet was ruled by a King , though he paid tribute to Peking ....
.yeah , I sokong their independence, if you insist on "Still China".."
Wow… u do know jack shits of history!
Many Chinese territories were lost during the unfair & arm-twisting treaties enacted by those mfering foreign powers who invaded the Manchurian China.
Many more were lost via the f*cked administration under Chiang Kai-shek
eg outer Mongolia, 琉球、(沖繩、OKINAWA) etc
西藏 (Tibet ) had a feudal lama as the head under the jurisdiction of the central Qing administration. There were NEVER any king in 西藏. Get that into yr mfering head.
There were never a truly Turkestan under a Turkic Muslim Ruler governing the eastern part of Xinjiang during the Ming Dynasty. During that warring period NO Turkic Muslim ruler ever claimed entitlement to rule Xinjiang. The Xinjiang then were a mix of roaming nomadic tribesmen of various pact. Their only common link was Islam, enforced upon them during the rule of the Mongol empire.
By the time of Kublai's death in 1294, the Mongol Empire had fractured into four separate khanates or empires, each pursuing its own interests and objectives: the Golden Horde khanate in the northwest, the Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia, the Ilkhanate in Iran, and the Yuan dynasty in China.
The subsequent the Ottoman Empire founded around 1299 had NO official & formal sovereignty claim over those lands roamed & inhabited by these nomadic tribes!
The eastern Turkestan was a political foul claim established by the manipulating pommie to play central Asia geopolitical games that she eventually loses out totally!