Germany is located on the South China Sea

Maritime Convention 2021

In his welcoming address, the President of the German Maritime Institute, Rear Admiral (ret.) Karsten Schneider, drew a line from the events of 11 September 2001 to the motto of this year's Maritime Convention "China! Maritime driver for Europe?" Originally planned as a face-to-face event, the event was switched to a digital format with the support of DVV Media due to the coronavirus pandemic. As usual, the German Maritime Institute organised the event together with Griephan.
The key question of the first panel chaired by Heinz Schulte, "China is a neighbour of the East Sea?", was answered by the Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to Germany, Laurence Bay, with a reversal: Germany and the EU are neighbours of the South China Sea. He sees evidence of this not only in the presence of European merchant ships in this sea area and in the numerous branches of European companies in this region. After all, nine per cent of Germany's trade volume passes through the South China Sea.