- Title: DJIBOUTI: TWO MORE GERMAN FRIGATES ARRIVE IN DJIBOUTI.
- Date: 27th January 2002
- Summary: (W3) DJIBOUTI, DJIBOUTI (JANUARY 27, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV/GV: FRIGATE SHIP "EMDEN" ARRIVING AND DOCKING (4 SHOTS) 0.32 2. VARIOUS: VARIOUS OF SAILORS ONBOARD "EMDEN" (7 SHOTS) 1.25 3. LV/GV/: FRIGATE "KOELN" ARRIVING AND DOCKING (6 SHOTS) 2.08 4. GV/MV: SAILORS PREPARING TO DOCK (6 SHOTS) 2.46 5. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (German) CAPT. WOLFGANG JUNGMANN, GERMAN NAVY SPOKESMAN, SAYING: "The result of the talks with the American admiral will be forwarded by my admiral to the headquarters in Potsdam (Germany) which then will be forwarded - if we are capable of fulfilling this assignment - to the (German) Minister of Defence and he will then inform his American colleague and will tell him that the forces of the marines are capable of fulfilling the assignment, then there is a so-called change-of-authority and we well be part of the force of the American commander in Bahrein." 3.16 6. GV: CUTAWAY NAVAL OFFICERS 3.21 7. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (German) CAPT. WOLFGANG JUNGMANN, GERMAN NAVY SPOKESMAN, SAYING: "This assignment is not new territory for us. Only the region is new and the heat. We have done much the same in the Adriatic Sea in the beginning of the 90s and that's not new territory for us." 3.39 8. GV/ZOOM OUT/LV: THIRD SHIP (SUPPLY SHIP) DOCKING 3.55 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: DJIBOUTI, DJIBOUTI
- Country: Djibouti
- Reuters ID: LVA8WWCIPFDV97ZHECNEJT4JLVK6
- Story Text: Two more German frigates have joined the frigate
"Bayern" in the east African country of Djibouti to help
patrol sea lanes from the Red Sea to the Gulf in support the
U.S. anti-terror campaign.
The frigates Koeln (Cologne) and Emden and several
accompanying support ships arrived in the early hours on
Sunday (January 27) to join the Bayern which arrived on
Thursday (January 24).
The frigates will help patrol sea-lanes from the Red Sea
to the Gulf in support of the U.S. anti-terror campaign.
The German mission which is expected to be operational for
eight months to a year, will be supplied by Djibouti in terms
of a memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries
earlier this month.
The spokesman of the German navy, Wolfgang Jungmann, said
the ships would eventually fall under the authority of the
American commander in Bahrein.
He stressed that the assignment was not new experience for
his troops.
"Only the region is new and the heat. We have done much
the same in the Adriatic Sea in the beginning of the 90s and
that's not new territory for us " he said.
Germany has committed itself to providing up to 3,900
troops to support the United States, but most will remain on
standby at home bases.
This mission is the largest German mission in the German
fleet since World War Two.
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