On the morning of the next day, Da Gedi of the Beijing office of Province A sent Secretary Liu to the office building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Comrade Zhao Xinghua, Minister of Foreign Affairs, personally made an appointment to meet Liu Jun. Naturally, it was to arrange Secretary Liu's visit to Russia. At nine o'clock in the morning, Secretary Liu appeared in Zhao Xinghua's office on time. Zhao Xinghua personally greeted him at the door of the ~-\\ room.

Zhao Xinghua was born in the forties, the same age as Bang Jincai, and he looks like a very kind old man, if it weren't for the halo on his head, if he met such a person on the street, anyone would treat him as a retired old cadre.

The most prominent trait of Zhao Xinghua is his gentle and elegant bearing, and the thick bookish atmosphere makes anyone who sees him first add three points of respect.

Of course, Liu Jun knew that this was just Zhao Xinghua's appearance. Inside, Minister Zhao is an extremely good diplomat and enjoys a high reputation internationally. He has served as Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Assistant Minister, Ambassador to the United Nations, Ambassador to the United States, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and other important positions.

Therefore, Liu Jun was a little "flattered" about Zhao Xinghua personally waiting at the door of the office, walked a few steps, stepped forward to shake hands with Zhao Xinghua, and said with a smile: "Minister Zhao" Hello! Minister Zhao of Labor waited in person, Liu Jun was ashamed! ”

Zhao Xinghua smiled gently, and said in a powerful bass: "Secretary Liu, a young man, is about to visit a big country and win glory for the country, he deserves it!" ”

Zhao Xinghua's words did come out of his heart. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has its own system, and the high courtesy he gave Liu Jun this time was half because of Liu Jincai's face, but more than half of it was because of Liu Jun's own reasons. Although the military is the main force in the cooperation negotiations between China and Russia, it is of course the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that really controls the negotiation process. The military only sent personnel to assist. Therefore, now that the negotiations are at an impasse, Zhao Xinghua is also very anxious. He Changzheng proposed to involve Liu Jun, but it gave Zhao Xinghua a wake-up call.

Sheng Ye Group's influence in Russia, as well as some of Liu Jun's connections with Sheng Ye Group, Zhao Xinghua, as foreign minister, is well aware. It's just not clear how far this can go. Now Liu Jun happily agreed and did not refuse, which shows that this matter is quite certain, which makes Zhao Xinghua a little surprised and a little excited.

He knew very well that the results of the cooperation talks were of no great significance to the modernization of our army.

Standing at the door of the office with Zhao Xinghua to greet Liu Jun, there was also a middle-aged cadre in his fifties, and Zhao Xinghua personally introduced him to Li as Director General of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Director Li was very enthusiastic about Liu Jun, held Liu Jun's hand, and said a lot of words of admiration. After a pleasantry at the door, Zhao Xinghua personally led Liu Jun into his office, and the secretary served tea. "Secretary Liu, in order to cooperate and negotiate with Russia, you have to work hard to make a trip in person, hehe, ashamed and ashamed......"

After the two sides sat down, Zhao Xinghua didn't say any more kind words and went straight to the point. When he said the word "ashamed", Zhao Xinghua was indeed a little embarrassed on his face.

Formal diplomatic negotiations, which cannot be taken down, need to be dispatched to Liu Jun's personal relationship, is a little difficult to speak.

Liu Jun smiled and said: "Minister Zhao is too polite, serving the country is the duty of a party member" As long as I can do it, I will definitely do my best." ”

Zhao Xinghua nodded again and again and said, "I understand Secretary Liu's thoughts to serve the country...... A few days ago, in Russian political circles, there were some extremist forces, who always looked at the relations between our two countries with the old eyes of the past, and considered a strong neighbor to be a threat to them. They don't know that a strategic partnership is in the best interest of both parties. These extremist forces are very influential in his country, and President Ivan is therefore suspicious. ”

Zhao Xinghua briefly explained to Liu Jun the reasons for the current impasse in the negotiations.

Liu Jun said: "This situation is relatively normal, our northern neighbor has always been eyeing us. These extremist forces are always dreaming of chauvinism as a great power. But I believe that President Ivan, and most of their dignitaries, are still very sober. Know the truth of win-win cooperation. Speaking of which, now they need our support even more! ”

Zhao Xinghua said happily: "Secretary Liu is right. That's the point. Firmly grasping this point, I believe that Secretary Liu's visit to Russia will surely achieve very satisfactory results. We have already contacted the city of St. Petersburg in Russia through the Foreign Affairs Office of Province A, and Mayor Antonina warmly invited Secretary Liu to visit the city of St. Petersburg at a convenient time. Yoo Jun smiled and nodded. Naturally, he did not have to worry about such a diplomatic procedure.

Zhao Xinghua looked at Director Li and said, "Director Li, please introduce the basic situation of Mayor Antonina to Secretary Liu." "Yes!" Director Li first respectfully agreed, and then turned his head to face Liu Jun. "Secretary Liu, Ms. Antonina is the newly elected mayor of St. Petersburg. She is one of President Ivan's most trusted subordinates......

In fact, after learning that he was going to visit St. Petersburg, Liu Jun had a phone call with Xiaoqing last night. When Yoo Joon had long ago brought Xiaoqing to his attention to Ivan, Ivan was serving as the first deputy mayor of St. Petersburg. Therefore, Xiaoqing set up an office in St. Petersburg, and the biggest task of this office is not to make money, but to spend money. Xiaoqing instructed the person in charge of the office to find a way to get close to Ivan and contribute money and effort for him. As long as Mr. Ivan asks for something, no matter how much money is spent, it must be met.

Therefore, St. Petersburg can also be said to be one of the main bases of Sheng Ye Group in Russia, and there is detailed information about the political dignitaries of St. Petersburg, and the mayor is naturally the most concerned object. St. Petersburg - The mayor of St. Petersburg, Luzhkov, who has just stepped down, is Ivan's political enemy.

The city of St. Petersburg is the hometown of President Ivan. After Ivan took over as president, he was extremely strong, and for St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, Ivan once showed his ambition. But shortly after Ivan was sworn in, local elections were held in St. Petersburg, and Luzhkov won by a landslide.

To the outside world, Luzhkov's re-election seems incredible.

St. Petersburg has long been regarded as the criminal capital of Russia. Bribery of human lives is common, corruption is rampant, and mayors seeking re-election have poor reputations. However, the citizens of St. Petersburg still loved Luzhkov, and the local television station controlled by Luzhkov portrayed him as a figure who did everything he could to serve the people.

At this time, Ivan's prestige was a blow. Because in this election, Ivan had supported another candidate, which was protested by voters in St. Petersburg. It is believed that the supreme authorities should not interfere in local elections.

Faced with Luzhkov's assertiveness, Ivan had to give up his support for the candidate. When Ivan took office, he hinted at plans to weaken the power of local officials in order to establish a strong, centralized government. But the election has brought to light the difficulties Ivan faces as he tries to navigate local forces.

But Ivan is by no means the kind of person who will retreat from difficulties, at this point, the personalities of Ivan and Liu Jun are very similar, as long as it is something that he has identified, he will move in this direction with perseverance, and he will never stop until he reaches his goal. Since Luzhkov could not be defeated in a head-to-head election, Ivan took another path.

Speaking of which, both the East and the West, many political techniques are similar. The method used by Ivan is very similar to the "bright rise and dark fall" technique habitually used by domestic officialdom.

In June of this year, Ivan announced the appointment of Luzhkov as Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government, in charge of housing and public facilities. At the same time, Ivan also awarded Luzhkov the "Order of the Fatherland".

To the outside world, this is an irony. Because before that, Luzhkov was accused of misusing public funds and not taking measures to improve the poor housing conditions in the city of St. Petersburg.

A well-known commentator of the Moscow News weekly said: It is very wrong to allow some adversaries and people with bad intentions to enter the political core group. The addition of flashy and inconsequential posts was a tribute that the Ivan era forced the state budget to maintain political stability.

Xiaoqing said to Secretary Liu on the phone last night: "Ivan, like you, is cunning and cunning...... obviously hates people to the core, but he still pretends to add officials to others. In fact, I can't wait to sleep on its skin and eat its flesh.

None of you politicians are honest...... I see, this Luzhkov's good days are coming to an end. Stupidly accepted the position of deputy prime minister in a false name, but easily lost the identity of a prince, in the future, Ivan wanted to pinch him, saying that he couldn't be flat if he was round, and if he was flat, he wouldn't want to be round! Hey, hey, he'll clean him up sooner or later! ”

Secretary Liu didn't care about President Liu's "ridicule" at all, and said with a smile: "Clean it up." The disobedient guy, keep the f, clean up as soon as possible, so that he can continue to misbehave. ”

Xiaoqing pretended to be "afraid", giggled and said, "Fortunately, I am very obedient, so I don't have to be cleaned up!" ”

The fifty-four-year-old Antonina is the right-hand man of the Ivan faction to replace Luzhkov in the past, and before becoming the mayor of St. Petersburg, he became the deputy prime minister of the Russian Federal Government, and the representative of the North-Western Federal District of the Russian government St. Petersburg belongs to the North-West Federal District according to the division.0 It can be seen that Ivan's desire to control the city of St. Petersburg is very strong.

Director Li introduced Antonina in great detail, and even told Liu Jun that in the Russian F6, Antonina's nickname is "Tonyda"0 In addition to introducing some information about St. Petersburg, Director Li also explained some relevant diplomatic etiquette, and told Liu Jun that there will be comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who will accompany Liu Jun on his visit to St. Petersburg. To be continued! 1