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Fang Mingyuan learned on the morning news the next day that Kuwait's diplomatic envoy is also the Cabinet Minister of Oil, Ahmed. Salim. Al-Sabah arrived in Singapore today to begin his visit to several countries in Southeast Asia, and tomorrow afternoon he will arrive in Beijing by special plane to pay a visit to China, and the day after tomorrow he will go to Tokyo, Japan, and from Tokyo to South Korea. It is clear that he had come for Kuwait to enlist the support of the countries of East Asia. In particular, China and Japan, two countries that have great influence in the international community. It is also his main object of enlistment.

In his previous life, Fang Mingyuan did not know until 2,000 years later that before the Gulf War, China actually had a certain influence on Iraq, not only because Huaxia was a permanent member of the Security Council, nor because the two countries had established diplomatic relations as early as the late 50s, still less because of Huaxia's foreign policy, mainly because during the Iran-Iraq war, Iraq imported a large amount of Chinese weapons and equipment, of which tanks alone accounted for 40 percent of Iraq's total tanks. Of course, at the same time, Iran is also constantly buying Chinese military equipment through North Korea, including dozens of J-7s. To put it mildly, it was precisely because of the Iran-Iraq War that the Huaxia Military Factory, which was in a predicament of survival because of the reduction of military spending by the Chinese military, struggled to survive by relying on overseas orders from Iran and Iraq. However, at this time, without the restraint of the United States and the Soviet Union, relying only on the influence of China, trying to dispel Saddam's idea of invading Kuwait is tantamount to a pipe dream

On July 25, Kuwait's Minister of Oil, Ahmed Ahmed. Salim. After Al-Sabah met with Chinese leaders in Beijing, the Chinese side solemnly appealed that Iraq should give up the use of force to settle the dispute, return to the negotiating table, and do its utmost to peacefully resolve the dispute between the two countries. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China absolutely does not want to see the flames of war reignite in the Persian Gulf region, where the flames of war have just subsided

On 26 July, the Japanese prime minister issued a call in Tokyo that was much the same as that of China, and of course, compared with China, which still has some oil exports, the Japanese, who are in dire need of Middle Eastern oil, speak more sincerely, and sound more resolute in their warning attitude. However, Iraq's response was to redeploy the troops that had been withdrawn to the Iraq-Kuwait border area. The number grew to 100,000 people, along with hundreds of tanks and hundreds of artillery.

On 29 July, UN Secretary-General de Cuellar personally went to the Iraqi capital and held a lengthy interview with Saddam. Although the secretary general did not make any specific remarks after the interview, judging from his gloomy face, it is clear that the results of the talks were not optimistic, and the situation in the Gulf has once again become tense.

Fang Mingyuan was pleased to see from the news that almost at the same time as Western countries, the Chinese government had also begun to withdraw embassy personnel and personnel dispatched by various companies in Kuwait and Iraq, and also warned domestic companies and enterprises to be cautious about going to Kuwait and Iraq during this sensitive period. He remembers very well that before the outbreak of the first Gulf War, in order to evacuate its citizens from Iraq, the country had made great efforts to make a detour through Iraq's neighboring countries and charter a plane to bring the citizens back to Iraq. These citizens have suffered and been frightened along the way. Although I can't remember how many casualties there were in the process, there were certainly any. Now that the evacuation of personnel has begun in advance, the domestic airports and ports of Iraq and Kuwait can still be used, which saves a lot of trouble. Obviously, it is the ones mentioned by himself and Su Huandong, which the central government has noticed.

As time went on, the situation in the Gulf became more and more unsettling, and the special envoys of the Gulf governments rushed to Baghdad like carp crossing the river to hold talks with the top level of the Iraqi Government. The Middle East has become the focus of attention of the whole Shijie people.

On the afternoon of August 1 and the morning of August 2, Jeddah, which most people do not know at all, belongs to Saudi Arabia, is also the residence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies of the Saudi Arabian government, the second largest city in the country, the largest port, an important financial center, and a port city on the Red Sea coast, and has become the place where all people who look forward to peace in the Middle East are most concerned.

Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council member Iza Brown. Ibrahim and Kuwait's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Abdel A. Salim. During this period, Al-Sabah negotiated here on behalf of the two governments. It was only because the Iraqi side demanded that Kuwait compensate for its economic losses, that Kuwait's island of Bubiyan be leased for 99 years, and that the Kuwaiti leader go to Baghdad to bear the guilt of the crime, and other excessively harsh demands, which were completely unacceptable to the Kuwaiti Government, which had originally intended to make certain compromises and concessions, that the negotiations between the two countries failed this time.

At a press conference, the two leaders expressed deep regret over the outcome and announced that follow-up talks between the two countries would continue in their respective capitals. In response to this outcome, Shijie government leaders have expressed regret and hope that the next round of negotiations will be fruitful. The Chinese government has even explicitly appealed to the Iraqi government to exercise restraint and refrain from using force to solve the problem, so that the Arabian Peninsula, which has just returned to calm, will be filled with gunfire

The failure of the Jeddah negotiations cast a shadow over the resolution of the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait, but almost everyone, from the Arab countries to the international countries, did not expect that a new Middle East war would break out just hours after the leaders of the two countries returned to their respective countries

"Mingyuan, hurry up! Hurry up!" When Fang Mingyuan was still asleep, he was woken up in a panic.

"Sister Lian? What's wrong?" Fang Mingyuan rubbed his eyes, looked at Lin Lian and looked out the window, the sky was already a little bright, and it looked like it was still early in the morning.

"Old Man Guo is waiting for you outside! I don't know why?" Lin Lian pulled him up from the yawning and said while helping him get dressed. In the summer, there were not many people dressed, and Lin Lian was in a hurry to dress him, and the bodies of the two inevitably touched.

However, at this time, Fang Mingyuan had no time to enjoy this wonderful feeling, and the sentence "Old Man Guo is waiting for you outside" made Fang Mingyuan feel sleepy. If something big hadn't happened, how could Mr. Guo come to him so early, could it be that history is still on the established track, and the Iraqi invasion was still chosen in the early hours of the morning.

"On 3 August 1990, at 3 a.m. Baghdad time, Iraqi troops stationed on the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border dispatched more than 100,000 troops, with the support of the Iraqi air force and the cooperation of the navy, to suddenly and aggressively invade Kuwaiti territory. According to the information sent back by American reporters on the front line, Iraq's offensive troops were deployed in two echelons, of which the first echelon had two divisions, led by more than 300 tanks, and quickly broke through the Kuwaiti army's border defense line in two ways in the eastern section of the Iraq-Kuwait border. The second echelon of 3 divisions followed suit; Nine divisions were also deployed to stand by in the Iraqi-Kuwait border area. According to satellite photos, Iraqi marines have landed near Kuwait City to coordinate a frontal offensive by the army......"

As soon as Fang Mingyuan walked out of the bedroom, he saw that Mr. Guo was sitting on the sofa, watching intently as the host of Hong Kong TV on TV was broadcasting the latest situation in the Middle East.

"Mingyuan, the Iraq-Ku War has broken out!" Old Man Guo waved his arms excitedly, as if he was ten years younger all of a sudden. With such a huge futures investment, it would be absolutely deceptive to say that you are not nervous. Especially this kind of persuasion, listening to the persuasion of others, it is a heart that hangs in the throat all the time. Moreover, since August 5, there are hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars of oil futures contracts that need to be fulfilled almost every day, and the funds that the Guo family and the Fang family can urgently mobilize at present can only last for five or six days. The pressure on Old Man Guo's heart is so great that you can imagine it. If this is a person with a bad heart, I don't know how many times I have been sick. Now that Iraq has invaded Kuwait, it can be said that the overall situation has been decided, and Mr. Guo can be regarded as completely relaxed. In any case, this investment cannot fail.

"Grandpa Guo isn't worried now, is he?" Fang Mingyuan also let out a sigh of relief, and his whole person relaxed. Although he is more certain than anyone else that the Iraq-Kuwait war will inevitably break out, who will dare to pack a ticket until it really happens, and the situation in the Middle East will not take a turn for the worse? Now that cats eat fish, dogs eat meat, Ultraman fights little monsters, and history is still moving according to the established track. After several months of suffering, this "windfall" can finally be safely pocketed

"Don't worry anymore! I'm just happy!" Old man Guo Daxiao said, "You kid still has a strategic vision, and you actually saw a few months ago that Iraq and Kuwait will definitely fight." In my life, Guo Dongcheng, I can say that I have never made money so happily!" Although he doesn't know how much the price of oil will rise, Mr. Guo can already be sure that he will definitely make a lot of money on this adventure. Not only can we continue to purchase ships to enrich the strength of the Kwok's Shipping Group, but even the cost of building a port in Weijiang has also been solved.

Yu Dongfeng's phone call came at seven o'clock, and he excitedly reported to Mr. Guo that the price of Shijie crude oil had begun to rise significantly since it was determined that Iraq had invaded Kuwait, and had risen from the original $14 a barrel to $26 a barrel! And it's still rising