The information visit to Germany, organized by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in the framework of the Global Dialogue Programme on Maritime Security, continued with meetings at the NATO Centre of Excellence for Shallow Waters in Kiel, where discussions focused on some common elements of the challenges NATO states in the Baltic and Black Sea area are facing. The program also included meetings at the GEOMAR Center for Marine Studies, where the possibility of joint projects with Romanian entities for the protection of ports and critical underwater infrastructure was discussed, as the German institute has a wealth of experience in this field.

The briefing visit also included a meeting at the Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems headquarters, where various naval capabilities, including unmanned, were presented, some of which could also be used for mine detection and destruction.

At the end of the briefing visit, George Scutaru, CEO of the NSC, also attended the Kiel Security Conference, organized by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Herman Ehlers Stiftung and the International Institute for Strategic Studies, on the margins of the conference he had several meetings with German, British and Baltic experts, exchanging views on the evolution of the war in Ukraine and the security situation in the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea.

NSC would like to thank the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung for organizing this information visit to Hamburg and Kiel, Germany, on 20-22 June.