Chapter 149: Tuvalu Coup: The Mutant Statehood Incident (2)

Tuvalu President Modotte anxiously paced back and forth in the presidential residence. The www.biquge.info rules this small country, a country of more than 10,000 people, and for other large countries, the so-called president may not be able to manage as many people as a community director.

But a country is a country after all, and Tuvalu has full diplomacy and sovereignty, and is qualified to build a modern army (although the country does not have the money to do so).

When the people put Modot on the throne of president, it was largely because of his speech back then: I will do everything possible to save this country and save the people of this country!

But now that he is in his second term, he has been president for seven years. In fact, in 2012, he had given up on saving the country.

Modot had originally planned to rely on international banks to secure a loan and build a dam for the country, which would help the country withstand rising sea levels.

But this is only a palliative approach. And how much would it cost to build such a dam? It's simply not something that this small country can afford. The International Banking Organization rejected Modot's loan plan without even thinking about it.

But this stubborn president did not give up, and it was his responsibility and obligation to save this group of citizens who were about to be drowned by the sea. As a result of his campaigning and lobbying, the UN General Assembly adopted a special proposal.

Tuvalu was allowed to reclaim land and expand its land area to combat rising sea levels. Tuvalu was given the go-ahead to expand the 26-square-kilometre area to 1,500 square kilometres.

It is important to know that the expansion of the territory of island countries is a very serious matter, and it is a matter that may touch international interests. Because according to international law. Each coastal country has 13 kilometers of alert coastline and 200 kilometers of exclusive economic sea area.

If island nations were to expand their territory at will, they would encroach on the area of the public economic sea, which other countries would not tolerate.

And Tuvalu's expansion is conditional. The United Nations has imposed the following conditions. First of all, Tuvalu's expansion can only take place within its own territory and island.

Secondly, after the expansion of Tuvalu's territory, the area of the exclusive economic sea area will remain unchanged. The size of the area before the expansion of the territory is still followed, and the size of the warning coastline is estimated to be 13 kilometers according to the size of the new territory.

Finally, Tuvalu must carry out land reclamation within the limits set by the United Nations, and must not exceed the size and scope set by the United Nations.

Modotte's campaign was rewarded with special approval from the United Nations, and it looked like he had won. But Modot was bitter in his heart. Because the United Nations rejected one of his most important proposals, which was to ask for help from other countries.

Land reclamation is something that cannot be done by a small country at all. A look at Asia shows that both the Philippines and Vietnam have plans to reclaim their islands and reefs. But the results of their efforts in the first half of the year were not as good as the results of China's three days.

There are only two countries in the world that are really capable of large-scale land reclamation on the sea, one is the United States and the other is China.

However, the P5 have made it clear that they will not support Tuvalu for free. It is true that Tuvalu has not been able to come up with any attractive resources or capital to request assistance. China sent $10,000 in aid, the only foreign aid Modotte has received in years. But this amount of money is not enough to replace the parts of power equipment for the state.

Representatives of the United States Government even said in private that a country like Tuvalu was not worth the trouble, and they put pressure on the representatives of international banks. Because the U.S. doesn't want to pay for Tuvalu's aid.

And it was precisely because of this incident that Modotte attacked the American representative in irritating, if not insulting, language at the new round of the UN General Assembly at that time.

But this did not bring him any real benefit other than the treatment of being sent out of the game. Oh no, China's $10,000 aid was given to him after this incident. Is this a reward for scolding the United States at the United Nations? Modot's heart was sad.

Now Modotte is already cornered. No money, no technology, nothing. Not even hopeful, the sixty-year-old was exhausted. In order to keep this weak country running, he has exhausted his heart.

And when he was at his most desperate, he even wanted to commit suicide after announcing these things to the people. Roberto, a super-rich man from South America, approached him: "I'm interested in Tuvalu, and I can help you arrange refugees." I have quite a few farms and plantations in South America, Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. ”

Roberto said this on the phone, with some arrogance in his tone. As if it was a gift to Modot. However, Roberto does have arrogant conditions, and now Modotte has long since left no bargaining chips to negotiate conditions. The entire country has less than thirteen years to live.

How to transfer security to these nationals now is the most important thing for him right now!

"Hasn't Mr. Roberto's plane arrived yet?" Modote anxiously passed through the presidential residence and looked at the airport not far away. This so-called presidential residence is just a small villa that has been built quite well. This villa is located just a short distance from Tuvalu Airport. Because this is the highest place in the country, and it is also the safest place.

As soon as Modotte's secretary was about to answer Modotte's question, they heard the roar of an airplane's engine in the distance. Not an old airliner, but a premium private jet from Gulfstream.

Tuvalu had been prepared for a long time, and as soon as Katie and her party got off the plane, a special greeter ushered them to the presidential residence.

As for sending a special car to pick up or something, it doesn't exist. The country is so small that cycling is not enough. Cars and stuff here are just waste and furnishings. There are no gas stations in the country.

Modotte was already waiting outside the presidential residence for Katie and his party. His suit today has been carefully cared for, making him look exceptionally energetic.

He saw Roberto, the rich Brazilian man, from a distance, and when he approached, Modote impatiently stepped forward to shake his hand: "Welcome Mr. Roberto." If your company is willing to settle Tuvalu nationals, please feel free to recruit workers in your home country!"

Hearing Modott say this, Roberto just smiled. He patted Modot on the shoulder and said to him, "Mr. President, this time I said it doesn't count." You have to listen to this young lady, how to talk, what kind of conditions to talk about, please discuss with her. I just came here to pay the bills. ”

Modot looked incredulously in the direction of Roberto's finger, a young and good-looking girl. Modotte swore that the girl was not as old as his granddaughter.

Katie smiled at Modotte and said, "Mr. President, let's go to the conference room first and talk." ”

It wasn't until Katie opened her mouth that Modotte suddenly realized that the people who came this time were too young. Almost all of them look like high school students, if it weren't for the fact that Roberto is real. Modotte almost suspected that he had run into a group of crooks.

But what is there to deceive Tuvalu? Even human trafficking to a foreign country is much better than staying on this small island and waiting to die. Modott smiled self-deprecatingly.

In the conference room of the president's residence, Katie's companions use their mutant abilities to check around for eavesdropping and surveillance, or other unsafe things.

It wasn't until he made sure the room was safe that he nodded to Katie. Now the seventeen-year-old girl has officially become the leader of this group of young mutants. Even Remy, the king of cards, was brought to town.

Modot watched the group of young people finish their work before he spoke: "Regarding the Costa Group's recruitment in the country...... he still thought that Roberto was here to recruit workers.

Modotte has done a lot of things about helping people get some of the necessary guarantees for jobs, things like that. Although it is said that working as a refugee is a hard job and very poorly paid, the old president Modotte always wants to be able to fight for a little more welfare.

Katie stretched out her hand and motioned for Modotte to stop: "Mr. President, we are not here to recruit workers. We're buying something from you!"

"Buy, buy, buy?" Modot picked up the folder and was about to introduce the population of Tuvalu to the crowd, but had to put it down. He wondered if this group of people was really liars.

Because Tuvalu now sees nothing of value other than cheap labor. Aside from the vast expanse of turquoise ocean outside, Modotte had no idea what else the country could sell.

Do you want to buy some sardines?

Katie looked at Modot's confused expression and said seriously, "We want to buy this country from you!"