Germany joins Indo-Pacific club aimed at securing trade routes from aggressive China

Germany has joined the Indo-Pacific club. The move is aimed at securing the trade routes from aggressive China. Germany has drafted a 40-page guidelines as it formally adopts a strategy for the Indo-Pacific region. The move makes it the second European nation after France to formally adopt a strategy for the Indo-Pacific region.

The strategy is designed to allow Germany to make an active contribution to shaping the international order in the



Indo-Pacific.   The move by Germany augurs well for the Quad which is constituted by the United States, Japan, Australia, and India.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said, the Indo-Pacific is where the shape of the international rules-based order of tomorrow will be decided. He said Germany wants to help shape that order-so that it is based on rules and international cooperation, not on the law of the strong.