Chapter Five Hundred and Nine New Ambassadors Visit
"Peace is achieved through fighting." Mhamad sat in his seat, looking at the Afghan report. After smashing their conspiracy, the remaining guys were very honest, so honest that Dulani felt that he should let them go, but Osama didn't think so. Those who killed the Afghan guerrillas should be punished!
Of course, it cannot be used in this name. After all, the two sides have already negotiated and those things cannot be mentioned again. However, when the new government starts to operate stably, an anti-corruption campaign will be launched. None of those guys will be clean, and what awaits them will be legal sanctions!
Of course, this is just one aspect. Continuing to develop Afghan economy is still the top priority. For a country with poor land, agriculture is almost difficult to achieve self-sufficiency. They must rely on industry. There are many minerals in the mountains and continue to mine mining, and at the same time, developing Afghan traditional handicraft industry is the most suitable way.
The relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan has become closer. Afghanistan is the source of raw materials, while Pakistan is the industrial center. Both sides cooperate and develop together!
What Mhamad is most happy about is seeing the fusion of various ethnic groups.
In later generations, the root cause of the endless war in Afghanistan was the conflicts between various tribes. Those tribes had always lived in their own tribes and often clashed due to various small problems. After the Soviet Union left, several major warlords fought endlessly. Now, this situation would not happen.
The economic development has promoted the integration of ethnic groups. Whether it is the Pashtun, the Tajik, the Uzbek, the Kazakh, the Nuristan and the Balochistan, etc., people of these races are now working together in mines everywhere. They run trucks together on transportation routes and work together in factories. Not only men, but also many women, have begun to look for jobs. When everyone is struggling for their happy life, they will naturally reduce the incident of fighting for those noble ideals. Faith is just a belief, and people still have to eat and live.
This is also Mhamad's purpose. Poverty and backwardness are one of the reasons for the war. Afghanistan must get rid of poverty and get on track!
Mhamad looked at the government work report written by Dana and was very satisfied. He couldn't help but remembered that in those most difficult years, he had fought together. Who could have thought that Dana, who was almost illiterate, would now become the Prime Minister of Afghanistan?
"Mr. President, the US ambassador is visiting." At this moment, the assistant reported to Mhamad.
US Ambassador Mhamad put down his report. The presidential change in the United States has been officially completed. President Reagan stepped down and Bush took office. Bush is now preparing to make a friendly visit to China. If the new president takes office, there will be a new national defense policy adjustment. I wonder what new tricks will Bush, a belligerent guy, have?
While thinking in his heart, Mhamad ordered someone to invite the US ambassador to come in.
After Bush took office, he also began to rotate various subordinates, and the Pakistani ambassador was replaced by a new candidate. A former member of California, and a shareholder of a famous American investment company, Robert. During the Bush campaign, he raised millions of dollars in campaign funds for Bush. After Bush's successful campaign, he rewarded Robert for his merits and sent Robert to Pakistan to represent the United States and became the US ambassador to Pakistan.
Now, it is the first official contact between the ambassador and the president of Pakistan.
Robert, 45, is also an energetic middle-aged man. He has a tall figure, a bit scattered brown hair, a tall nose, fair skin, and a unique American confidence and arrogance on his face.
"President Mhamad, I'm happy to see you." Robert said to Mhamad, with a stiff smile on his face. He had just become a diplomat and did not have that professional smile, as if he had been squeezed out.
"Mr. Robert, very welcome." Mhamad said: "What's wrong with me this time?"
"It's about further strengthening cooperation between us." Robert said: "We understand that your fighter jets are gradually aging and new fighter jets are still needed, so we are willing to continue to export a batch of Tomcat fighter jets to you. The price is very favorable, almost the factory price of Grumman Company, which is even more preferential than what our navy uses."
Mhamad was stunned. Of course he knew what the other party was trying to use. Now, Pakistan is imitating Tomcat fighter jets in full swing. In addition to the first prototype used for static testing, the new fighter jets produced are almost all used to enter the test flight stage. Since they are imitated by mature models, it is expected that pre-production models will be available by the end of this year and will slowly equip the troops.
In other words, Pakistan no longer has to worry about its new fighter jets. In this case, the United States actually wants to provide Pakistan with a batch of Tomcat fighter jets. Their meaning is very obvious, which is to obstruct Pakistan's independent fighter jet development!
This is a precedent. Israel wants to develop its own Lion fighter jets. As a result, in order not to affect its own fighter jet exports, the United States has forced Israel to terminate the development plan for this fighter jet.
However, Pakistan is not Israel! Israel is surrounded by enemies everywhere, and the United States is a strong backing, while Pakistan is only a cooperative relationship with the United States, and definitely not a relationship that depends on the United States!
Of course, diplomatic means need to be used. Mhamad thought for a while and then said, "Then we need the Air Force to conduct an assessment to see how many fighter jets we need, and then look at our national treasury, and how much money can be allocated."
Assessment and funding, it will be fine to go down step by step, and it will be fine to delay for half a year. I will talk about it later!
"Okay, the United States is looking forward to this arms sale, which can continue to bring our relationship closer." Robert said: "We are also very happy to see that Afghanistan is about to restore peace, and the Soviet Union has begun to withdraw troops. You should have returned some of the weapons and equipment we lent to you at the beginning, right?"
The e-3 early warning aircraft and Patriot missile systems were originally lent to Pakistan. Pakistan cannot just treat it as its own. The Tomcat fighter jets that are still involved in the Angola war in South Africa can continue to lend them to Pakistan first, but Pakistan should return the remaining weapons!
In Robert's vision, Pakistan is definitely unwilling to do so, so he has prepared a statement and must be returned on time. It is already very good if the United States does not ask for rent!
"Of course," Mhamad replied very simply: "In order to prevent accidents, he planned to return it to you after the Soviets completely withdrew from Afghanistan. If you want it now, we can also return it to you now. I will sign an order to hand over all the equipment."
Mhamad cooperated so much that Robert's words were in vain. For a moment, Robert seemed to feel that the people in China were wrong. Many people said that Mhamad was like a businessman and was insatiable. Now it seems that Mhamad seems to be very reasonable.
"Also, during the war, you have borrowed money from our country several times, and the amount of the loans added up, which has exceeded 18 billion US dollars. I hope you can repay our low-interest loans as soon as possible, many of which have expired." Robert continued.
One hundred and eighteen billion US dollars! No American has ever done any statistics on every loan. The Tomcat fighter jet, Immortal Missile, the second batch of F-16 fighter jets, various ground weapons, and arms sales every time. Pakistan almost rarely pays, most of them borrowed from credit. Now, the whole thing is almost 20 billion US dollars!
Most of them are low interest rates or even interest-free. As the US dollar is constantly depreciating, Pakistan is now paying according to the original amount, and the United States has already lost a lot. In the past, it was to fund Pakistan's fight against the Soviet Union. Now, the war is over, and it is time to settle the accounts!
Robert felt that this errand was difficult to do. Pakistan has borrowed so many debts, how much can it take to collect debts by himself?
But Mhamad's attitude was very friendly just now. Maybe now, he can nod. OK, Pakistan will repay it immediately!
If Pakistan had never been able to pay it back, it would have been impossible to pay it back. The GDP of a year was only 40 billion US dollars, and it would have been half of it at once. But now, Pakistan is no longer poor.
Various basic industries have been established, various commodities exported, and even the business of transporting oil has been taken over. Pakistan's current GDP has reached hundreds of billions of dollars! It is already comparable to a capitalist country in Europe.
If the United States knew that Pakistan robbed Indian temples and would get back hundreds of billions of dollars of wealth. Last time, it manipulated the international financial market and then made tens of billions of dollars, it would probably urge Pakistan to ask for the account.
Hearing Robert's words, Mhamad did not pretend to be poor and cry, but immediately picked up the phone next to him and said to him: "Call the Minister of Finance immediately."
As the president of a country, Mhamad could not do everything himself. Now, when he heard that the other party was urging the accounts, he immediately called the Minister of Finance to come.
Chapter completed!