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The Bifur Iron Mine is an iron-rich mine located in the highlands of New Guinea and one of the largest and best quality iron ore mines on the island of New Guinea.

Discovered in the 70s,

Although it is located on the Papuan side, it is only 3 km from the border line. However, not to mention 3 km, even 1 km belongs to Papua,

There is no doubt about that,

Papua New Guinea has also never disputed the ownership of the mine over the years, and now Australia is making such a claim.

It's all about making Papua New Guinea have nothing to do,

It will also completely turn the two countries to the opposite side, which is not in the interests of Papua New Guinea, and it is not what Chen Zhongmin wants to see.

But Australia's daring to make such a request is naturally not untargeted.

Since the discovery of the Bifur iron ore,

Although no successive Papua New Guinea governments have disputed its ownership, it does not mean that there are no other voices in the country.

In fact, there has always been opposition in parliament,

After the outbreak of the Indonesian civil war, some people even proposed to take the opportunity to send troops to occupy the Bifur iron mine, no wonder some people were willing to take risks.

As one of the largest iron mines on the island of New Guinea,

More than $100 million a year is paid in taxes alone. And after the establishment of the Kingdom of Papua, the Bifur iron mine was directly nationalized.

The Kingdom of Papua will gain only more,

A conservative estimate is not less than $800 million a year, which is undoubtedly a huge amount of money for Papua New Guinea, which is closed and backward.

Silent for a moment,

Chen Zhongmin asked, "What do you think?" ”

Allen shook his head and said: "Of course I don't agree, such a demand is completely groundless, and it will definitely not be supported by the international community.

Also, neutrality is our foreign policy,

This should not change,

But Australia's forces in parliament will certainly approve of this, and we will not be able to do so if Australia puts pressure on us. ”

Hearing this, Chen Zhongmin couldn't help but sigh,

Let's not talk about anything else,

Speaking of economy, the main economy of Papua New Guinea is the development of oil, gold, copper and other minerals, accounting for more than 70% of the share.

But almost all large mining companies are Australian-owned,

or have an Australian background,

In this way, Australia is tantamount to controlling Papua New Guinea's economy, which is one of the reasons why the two sides were able to break up peacefully in the first place.

Although Chen Zhongmin has always wanted PNG to get rid of Australia's control,

But little has been achieved over the years.

One of the important reasons for this is the obstruction of the parliament.

As mentioned earlier, almost all of PNG's elites have grown up under Australian rule, and they are naturally emotionally pro-Australian.

And in order to ensure that the interests in PNG are not threatened,

Over the years, Australia has spared no effort to cultivate a spokesperson in PNG's political arena. This strategy has proven to be effective.

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Another regular press conference, the spokesman of the Australian Foreign Ministry showed reporters a few photos in which the fighter can be seen,

Look at the shape is the F-21 or Su-27,

It was supposed to be taken on another plane, the sides were so close that even the face of the pilot in the cockpit of the fighter could be seen.

Then the spokesman said: These photos were taken yesterday,

At that time, a P-3C anti-submarine patrol aircraft of the Australian Air Force was conducting a routine patrol of the mission area, and suddenly two F-21s approached.

The closest distance between the two sides is less than 30 meters,

In addition, one of the F-21s also made a drum action on the head of the P-3C, which caused the two sides to almost collide, which is really unbelievable,

no doubt

This is an extremely unprofessional act,

We strongly protest against this and hope that the relevant parties in Papua will explain this matter and prevent similar incidents from happening again.

Now you can ask questions,

The reporter in the blue suit in the second row.

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Hello, I am a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and as far as I know, the day before yesterday, an H-20 bomber of the Papuan military flew off the coast of Sydney,

How did the military deal with it?

Is the dispatch of the P-3C anti-submarine patrol aircraft a response to the Pakistani side?

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It was true that as soon as the Pakistani bombers entered our exclusive economic zone, the closest distance was less than 50 nautical miles from Sydney.

as everyone knows

Sydney is the largest city in our country,

Pakistan's actions have seriously threatened China's security and violated China's relevant rights and interests, and deserve the strongest condemnation.

In addition, the military sent warplanes to intercept and accompany the flight,

until the other person leaves.

As for the dispatch of the P-3C anti-submarine patrol aircraft, it is an established task, not for a specific event, and naturally it has nothing to do with this bomber.

The military will continue to schedule flight missions in accordance with the established plan,

including in the northern seas,

It will not change because of the interception by the Pakistani side. ”

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Hello, I'm a reporter from the New York Times, and you just said that Pakistan's behavior of driving away the Australian P-3C anti-submarine patrol plane was very unprofessional.

But you seem to have deliberately missed some information,

According to the latest information obtained by this newspaper, the P-3C was only 20 nautical miles from Solon in Papua, which is a very dangerous distance.

Ever further on, it entered the territorial waters of Papua,

Moreover, the reason why the Pakistani military aircraft approached and made a drum action was because the P-3C was still hovering in the nearby airspace after being warned many times.

The Pakistani military plane was forced to respond.

Also, you condemned the Pakistani bombers for violating Australia's EEZ, but the P-3C also violated the EEZ.

I think you have a clear double standard. ”

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I think you should be clear that Australia has had a traditional, sustained military presence in both the sea and the airspace for decades,

is also responsible for the security of the region,

The Pakistani side should recognize this ......

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I wonder who gave you the responsibility you call it? Also, do you think you have a responsibility to ignore the rights and interests of other countries?

And blatantly holding double standards.

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I'm not holding double standards, I'm just stating the fact that the world has its established order, and Papua is a new country,

What he's going to do is merge into this order,

Rather than trying to subvert,

If Pakistan agrees, it will not only harm Australia's interests, but also the security of the entire region.

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You say that there is an established order in this world, then I wonder if the International Convention on the Law of the Sea forms part of this world order?

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Of course, no one can deny this.

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Very well, if I am not mistaken, the cause of the latter series of events was the electronic reconnaissance ship Cowens sailing into Pakistan's exclusive economic zone for reconnaissance,

According to the Convention,

This does not fall under the category of freedom of navigation,

The Australian side must first notify the Pakistani side and get approval. I want to ask, have you done that? If not, who is the one who is destroying the order?

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This...... Well, maybe we should inform the Pakistani side first. But I must stress that Australia has a traditional presence in the region......

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Please answer my question head-on, since you have not informed the Palestinians in advance and obtained permission, who are the people who disrupt the order?

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No one is disrupting the order, and I believe that the two sides can agree on some differences. Okay, next question.

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Seeing the-for-tat transcript of the reporter in the New York Times and the spokesperson of the Australian Foreign Ministry, Wei Xiong couldn't help laughing,

Chen Hong, who was sitting opposite, raised his head

Puzzled, he asked, "What do you see, so funny?" ”

Wei Xiong smiled and closed the newspaper: "Westerners are domineering, they have always thought that they are superior, and there will be a time for them to cry in the future." ”

He is well aware of why Australia is provoking again and again,\t

also pulled PNG in to stir up the situation,

It is nothing more than to distract Papua from its efforts so that it cannot concentrate on its development. This method is the usual measure used by Westerners.

Chen Hong smiled slightly,

She wasn't interested in politics and didn't know much about it, so she didn't answer. After a while, he said: "The time to go to country Z has been set,

Next Tuesday,

If it doesn't matter, I'll probably stay longer. ”

Wei Xiong forked a piece of egg and handed it to Chen Hong's mouth, and said with a smile: "As long as you don't think about me when you arrive." Chen Hong bit off the egg,

gave Wei Xiong a charming white eye,

Of course she knew what Wei Xiong's words meant.

It's late June, and the rainy season in Papua has come more than half a month ago, and the originally dry air has begun to become humid.

And it rains every once in a while,

Young people are fine,

The ability to adapt is strong, but the elderly are not good.

Since the founding of Papua, the parents of all the princesses have been made nobles, and according to the relevant laws, they naturally need to become Papuan citizens.

Some of them simply immigrated to Papua after becoming Papuan citizens.

For example, Chen Hong's parents,

The two old men were intellectuals and taught at universities, and after the establishment of the Papua state, they saw that they were almost reaching retirement age.

I went through the retirement procedures in advance and came to Papua to retire.

But the old people are generally nostalgic,

It happened that the rainy season had arrived, so he told Chen Hong that he wanted to go back to his hometown to live for a while.

So we decided to go back together.

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After breakfast, Wei Xiong went to the Heart Cultivation Palace,

Halfway through, he looked up at the sky, the sun was shining just now, but in the blink of an eye, it was already cloudy, and it should rain in a while.

To be honest, he's quite annoyed by this weather,

It rains at every turn,

I don't feel like it's convenient to do anything.

After entering the Heart Cultivation Palace, he said to Fujiwara Norika: "Inform the Privy Council, go to Hong Kong next week, and come back when the rainy season is over." ”

Fujiwara Norika answered and went out,

Wei Xiong began to deal with government affairs, and he is currently giving more and more power to the Privy Council, and the general affairs are decided by the Privy Council.

Only great things will be presented to him,

He is naturally 100% at ease with Cui Muqing and other women,

With the assistance of many professionals, Cui Muqing and other women are fully capable and energetic to deal with most of the affairs encountered in their work.

In this way,

Wei Xiong suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

After more than half an hour, Ouyang Yaqing walked into the Heart Cultivation Palace: "See Your Majesty." Wei Xiong looked up and said with a smile: "Didn't feed you yesterday?" ”

Ouyang Yaqing smiled charmingly: "People have business." ”

Now it's a different time,

In the past, they stayed on the same floor as Wei Xiong, and their office was outside Wei Xiong's office, and there was so much rain and dew that they couldn't bear it.

Now though they also live in the palace,

But there is a distance between the office and the Heart Cultivation Palace.

In addition, sometimes the affairs are busy, so the opportunity to receive rain and dew is much less than before, but it is only relative.

Since she is in charge of the Foreign Affairs Office,

Therefore, yesterday she accompanied Wei Xiong to meet with the visiting Malaysian Prime Minister, and after the meeting, she followed Wei Xiong back to the Yang Xin Palace.

She didn't leave for the rest of the afternoon.

Wei Xiong nodded with a smile, while Ouyang Yaqing put away her smile and said, "I just got some news from PNG,

A member of parliament in PNG was interviewed by The Times,

It is said that the Bifur iron ore mine, which is located on the border between China and PNG, cannot be fully owned by China because of its sensitive and special geographical location. ”

Wei Xiong's eyes narrowed: "When did it happen?" ”

Ouyang Yaqing said: "I was interviewed yesterday, and it is estimated that I will see the newspaper in the next two days, and the ownership of the Bifur iron mine has not been disputed.

At this time, PNG's parliamentarians suddenly said,

I'm afraid it's not easy. ”

Wei Xiong smiled coldly: "It's nothing more than a little trick in Australia, it's just a parliamentarian now, and it is estimated that it will be the government after a while." ”

Ouyang Yaqing frowned slightly,

He groaned and said: "The current prime minister of PNG is called Chen Zhongmin,

His father is from Taishan, Zhejiang Province in Chinese mainland, and I heard that he has a good impression of China, and Your Majesty, you are also of Chinese descent......"

Wei Xiong shook his head and chuckled,

Then he showed a hint of ridicule: "It's normal for you to think like this when you first enter the officialdom, but just think about it, don't take it too seriously,

Politicians always say one thing and do another,

It's better to say than to do,

Even the greatest statesmen cannot be fully believed in what he says, otherwise how can they survive the brutal political struggle?

That Chen Zhongmin is Chinese,

But he said that he would only consider the interests of PNG, and those high-sounding words were only for those who liked to hear him say so.

It is estimated that turning his head is another face. ”

Ouyang Yaqing nodded clearly: "Then what now, what if the PNG government really raises objections to the ownership of the Bifur Iron Mine?" ”

Wei Xiong smiled disdainfully: "Don't think too much,

After all, this world pays attention to whose fist is big, and Israel's strength is not enough to be tough with us, at most it is just shouting,

Just ignore it.

Besides, Chen Zhongmin is not necessarily willing to be used as a gun by the Australians, according to my estimate, there are many possibilities to be pretending. ”

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As Wei Xiong guessed,

Three days later, the Minister of Mines and Industry of Papua New Guinea, while attending an event, claimed that Papua's occupation of the Bifur iron ore mine was illegal,

PNG has its own power in this iron ore mine.

After that, Australia's "Daily Telegraph" interviewed PNG Prime Minister Chen Zhongmin on this matter, and Chen Zhongmin's answer was very clear:

At least the Bifur iron ore mine is not entirely Papuan,

Although the traditional border between the two countries is 141 degrees east longitude, the specific border line was not established until the signing of a border treaty with Indonesia in 79.

Prior to that,

There were quite a few PNG people living in the area of what is now the Bifur Iron Mine. In addition, I need to point out that now that Papua has seceded from Indonesia,

to become an independent country,

The border treaty between PNG and Indonesia has lost its legal effect to a certain extent, and I think it needs to be renegotiated.

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Australia immediately jumped out in support of PNG, and its prime minister, Paul Keating, spoke to reporters at an event:

I think it's normal,

After the establishment of Papua, almost all mineral resources were nationalized, on the grounds that those resources were signed by Indonesia and had nothing to do with them.

A number of lawsuits are still pending.

If this logic is followed, the border treaty signed between Indonesia and PNG will naturally not count, and of course it will have to be renegotiated.

As for the ownership of the Bifur iron ore,

That was the result of negotiations, and it's too early to tell.

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However, the response of the Papuan side was quite tough, and there was no room for manoeuvre: the ownership of the Bifur iron ore mine was not disputed.

Nor is it ready for so-called border negotiations with PNG.

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This response was naturally instructed by Wei Xiong, and although it seemed that it was only thirty or forty words, there was a deep meaning in it.

The first is to make it clear that the Bifur iron ore mine is Papuan,

There is no dispute;

Then he said that he was not prepared to engage in so-called border negotiations with PNG, which is a bit ambiguous and can be interpreted in two ways.

The first means that there is no border issue between the two countries,

So naturally there is no need to negotiate.

The second means tacitly acquiescing that there is a border issue between the two countries, but not being prepared to negotiate. As for how to understand it, it is a matter of benevolence.

So here's the question,

Why is Wei Xiong so ambiguous on the border issue? This is related to an idea he had long before the founding of Papua.

Or rather, a plan.

But it's still too early for that plan to come true.