Chapter 220: Chief Negotiator

Seeing the arrival of the Chinese delegation, Musharraf greeted Liu Haotian with a warm smile, and the official of the Chinese Embassy, who was standing next to Liu Haotian as an interpreter, whispered to Liu Haotian the identity of the person who came and what he had just said, and Liu Haotian also showed a polite smile on his face after hearing this, and shook hands with Musharraf, who had already walked to him:

"Hello, General Musharraf, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

"I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Liu!" Before Liu Haotian and Lu Jiadong and their entourage arrived in Pakistan, Musharraf had some understanding of the situation of the Chinese delegation, knowing that this was a Chinese delegation, but for various reasons such as confidentiality, they came to Pakistan in the form of a business delegation, so Liu Haotian and Lu Jiadong and others were not wearing military uniforms, but regular clothes such as tunics or suits, and because of this, Musharraf did not call Liu Haotian a military but called Mr.:

"It's very sunny outside, let's go inside and talk!" Musharraf stretched out his arm to guide forward, Liu Haotian nodded, and then chatted with Musharraf and walked towards the office building of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence Bureau, followed by members of the Chinese delegation and Pakistani officials who participated in the talks

In the large conference room of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Bureau, China and Pakistan sat opposite each other at a long conference table, and before that, Liu Haotian and Musharraf briefed each other on their own personnel participating in the talks, and at that moment Musharraf noticed the young man next to Liu Haotian, who looked to be only in his early twenties.

Actually, when you greet you at the door. Musharraf saw the young man, who was riding in a car with Liu Haotian, and saw him wearing a crisp tunic at the time. Although the hairstyle and look look a little mature, but the immature face still looks a little abrupt among a group of middle-aged people in their forties and fifties, and this young man is very close to Liu Haotian, and from time to time they exchange things with each other.

It wasn't until Liu Haotian introduced the young man that Musharraf was surprised to find out. The young man named Lu Jiadong, who sat next to Liu Haotian, turned out to be the chief negotiator of the Chinese delegation, although he did not have the head of the delegation or the deputy head of the delegation. However, the role played in the negotiations is indeed irreplaceable, especially in addition to some details of major decisions, which need to be completed by the chief negotiator, which further highlights the important role and status of the chief negotiator in future talks and negotiations.

Because of this, Musharraf listened to Lu Jiadong's introduction. Not only Musharraf, but also other Pakistani officials who participated in the talks were very shocked, they did not expect that China's chief negotiator was so young, looking at his early twenties, and he had not even graduated from university.

When other Pakistani officials were speculating about whether Roh would be able to take on this important role, Musharraf had already given a positive answer in his heart - no, and Musharraf's reasons were simple. No matter how mature or knowledgeable a young chief negotiator like Lu Jiadong is, he lacks one of the most important things in his bones. That's the experience!

Experienced negotiators will deal with the problem in a well-founded manner during the meeting or negotiation, which will benefit both parties and leave a basis for both parties to continue to cooperate, in a word, they are very flexible, while inexperienced negotiators are like small steel cannons, holding on to the strategy prescribed by their superiors. It seems to be very rigid in any link, and it will eventually be a deal that can be cooperated for a long time. Failure or a one-shot deal!

As the head of Pakistan's armed forces intelligence, Musharraf has held hundreds of similar talks and negotiations, not only because the two sides are not willing to cooperate, but because the negotiators have handled them too poorly, resulting in the final failure.

Because of this, when Musharraf learned that Lu Jiadong was the chief negotiator, although he showed a polite smile on his face, shook hands with Lu Jiadong cordially, and praised him, but he had a faint worry in his heart, Musharraf was in a completely weak position at this time, and he was asking for China, although according to the traditional friendship between China and Pakistan, China will fully support Pakistan in major policies, but in terms of how to support, how to support, what to support, and other relevant details need to be completed by continuous negotiations and consultations between the two sides。

But now China's chief negotiator in charge of these details is actually an inexperienced young man, and if some of the equipment and supplies that Pakistan urgently needs are stuck or handled inflexibly, it is very likely to affect Pakistan's support for the Afghan resistance group, and then affect the entire anti-Soviet process!

"Pakistan's national fortunes are at stake, and we can't let the children of high-ranking officials who have neither experience nor ability make things worse!" Musharraf not only thought in his heart, but also put the hat of a high-ranking official's son on Lu Jiadong's head, because in Musharraf's view, such a young chief negotiator must be the son of a high-ranking official of the Chinese government, who can earn political capital by accumulating experience in negotiations abroad, so as to create conditions for future promotion and appointment.

However, Musharraf did not care how the young high-ranking official's son was promoted, he was only concerned about how to complete the current thorny aid talks, and it was precisely for this reason that Musharraf made up his mind to try to explain all the details while Liu Haotian, the head of the Chinese delegation, was there, so that he could get a positive answer, so as not to be hindered by inexperienced young people in the detailed negotiations!

Thinking of this, Musharraf's thick beard on his lips moved slightly, revealing a seemingly warm and polite smile, which made people feel at a glance that this was a loyal and honest Arab uncle, and it was impossible to see that he was the director of the mysterious and terrifying Inter-Services Intelligence Service in Pakistan, and the faint worry in his heart could not be seen at all, and this may be his basic quality as an intelligence officer:

"On behalf of the Pakistani government and people, I once again welcome the arrival of Chinese friends!" Musharraf's words were unhurried, and the melodious Arabic language came out of his mouth with a more yin and yang frustration, but the words were very powerful, showing the temperament that a soldier should have, but after such an opening remark, Musharraf's tone changed, and he went straight to the point and said:

"We are grateful to our Chinese friends for sending a delegation to Pakistan as soon as possible, the current situation in Pakistan is indeed very serious, the Soviet Union's clearance operation in Afghanistan has lasted for more than four months, especially in the past two months, the intensity has been increasing, the Afghan resistance group has suffered huge losses, not only that, the Soviet army has also continued to carry out cross-border strikes, resulting in a large number of casualties in Pakistan Pingming, for which we have strengthened the deployment of troops on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, but the grim situation has not changed, but continues to deteriorate!"

"General Musharraf, we already know what you said!" After the interpreter translated Musharraf's words to Liu Haotian, Liu Haotian said: "Our government is concerned about the current grim situation in Pakistan and will give the Pakistani side necessary help within its capacity!"

When the interpreter told Musharraf what Liu Haotian said, Musharraf's heart was completely put down, although he had also received a notice that China would give Pakistan the necessary assistance, but those notices were not official documents after all.

Now such words come out of the mouths of senior officials on the Chinese side, and the strength and effectiveness are very different, because of this, after listening to Liu Haotian's words, Musharraf's smile is a little better, but this time the smile is less polite and social, and more sincere and grateful:

"I am really grateful to Chinese friends for their support to us, only China is a good friend worthy of respect and dealings in this world!"

"My country also cherishes its traditional friendship with your country!" As soon as Musharraf's words fell, Liu Haotian's face also showed a bright smile:

"Because of this, after understanding the actual situation in your country, our country has decided to give your country some help in terms of weapons and equipment!"

"That's wonderful!" Musharraf replied excitedly after hearing this, Musharraf would probably jump up with excitement if it were not for such a formal meeting, but even so, the rosy of excitement on his brown cheeks could still be seen.

Not only Musharraf, but other Pakistani officials have similar excited looks on their faces, knowing that what they need most at present is weapons and equipment, and only with a gun in their hands can they not be afraid of the arrogant Soviets, because of this, Musharraf responded with an irrepressible look of joy when Liu Haotian's voice gradually fell:

"Thank you so much for the help of our Chinese friends, as a good friend and good neighbor of China, we will not let our Chinese friends suffer, for the weapons and equipment aided by China, our country will give a certain amount of financial support, and will never let China's friends go home empty-handed!"

"How much financial support will that give us?" Musharraf had just finished speaking, and Lu Jiadong, who had been sitting across from him, suddenly asked, and his question made all the Pakistani officials present stunned (to be continued)