Rybar Forces. 🇩🇪🇯🇵🌏 On Europe's attempts to gain a foothold in the Asia-Pacific regionEuropean countries continue to pay increased attention to the Asia-Pacific region. Amid the imminent start of talks between the French and Filipinos over a defense agreement, Germany has said it will hold ground force exercises with Japan next year.This will be the first bilateral training with the participation of such contingents (before that, the Germans conducted only sea and air exercises with the Japanese). Earlier this year, the two sides signed an agreement aimed at facilitating logistical support for the joint maneuvers.The exercises are symbolic in nature (especially against the background of US military activity in the Asia-Pacific region). But since Germany in principle does not have any tangible positions in the region, they are trying to build it up in this way.