Chapter 916: The Possibility of Rebuilding a Port
The Pakistani side regarded the meeting as a political task, so the atmosphere was rather strict, and the two sides only talked about some issues of cooperation between the two sides.
Xu Ziling was a little interested in President Asyphus who he met for the first time, because from his understanding, he knew that this guy who always had a smile on his face was quite legendary in his political career.
He is the husband of the late former prime minister of Pakistan, and with the ups and downs of his wife's political career, he was arrested and imprisoned several times, suffered murder, extortion and other charges, and was pardoned by the former president at the beginning of this century, which ended an eight-year prison sentence.
In the same year, his prime minister's wife was assassinated, so many people pointed the finger at the former president, causing the former president to voluntarily resign from the presidency under the pressure of impeachment, so that he, the husband of the former prime minister, climbed to the political peak of his life in one fell swoop.
has been arrested and imprisoned several times, charged with many crimes, such a person, can still become president, this situation is really a bit incredible for Xu Ziling, who lives in the Celestial Empire, so he can't help but be interested in it.
If it weren't for the fact that this guy's face is not good-looking, he really wants to pull him to talk about the details of becoming president.
The boring and boring conversation finally ended, and Xu Ziling was almost scolding in his heart, but when he learned that they had arranged their accommodation in a villa complex next to Lavalhu, his mood improved.
Driven by Yang Ruolan, he is now quite concerned about the living environment. Before I came, I heard that Lavalhu was a must-visit venue when coming to Pakistan, and Yang Ruolan had already shouted that she was going to play here for two days, and now that they can be arranged in such a place, the previous annoyance will soon be gone.
The Ba side attaches great importance to the Red Star people this time, and the place to arrange accommodation is also quite spacious, he and Nie Yunjie are alone in a castle-like villa, and Yang Ruolan came to their house, and Yang Ruolan immediately pulled him to the dock in the backyard.
"This is Lake Laval, it's beautiful." Yang Ruolan looked at the turquoise lake and said happily.
It is a man-made dammed lake, with many trees on both sides and clear water, making it a great place to relax.
However, when looking at the patrol boats moving back and forth slowly not far from the lake, it is inevitable that the scenery is a little ruined.
But looking at such a scene, Xu Ziling also had to be considerate, a few hours ago there was an incident where the plane was locked by a missile, and it was impossible for the Pakistani side not to be nervous.
"If you think it's beautiful, you can play for a few more days, and the Pakistani side won't drive us away anyway." Xu Ziling smiled and answered Yang Ruolan's words.
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In the evening, it was a private dinner set up by the president, but fortunately, the dinner was basically about eating and drinking, and there were not so many boring conversations, otherwise, Xu Ziling would really not be able to stand it.
"This Asyphus is really interesting." When the dinner party came back, Nie Yunjie and the others sat by the lake and chatted together, "One night I tried to find out how we reacted to the events of the morning. ”
"It's not surprising." Yang Kaiming took over with a smile, "Lao Mi officially launched air strikes on several parts of their country last week, and the exchange of fire with Ah San in Kashmir has become more and more intense, and he also wants to find an ally. ”
From the incident in the morning to now, Nie Yunjie didn't have time to have a good chat with Xu Ziling, and when it came to this issue, he looked at Xu Ziling, "What do you think?" ”
Xu Ziling shook his head, to be honest, he didn't think about it at this time, Kashmir and the country are also controversial, and it is right to intervene, but how to cooperate with Pakistan, this is what he considers, what conditions should be offered?
In front of everyone, he said all his thoughts, "...... I am now thinking about how we can cooperate so that we can maximize our benefits and at the same time make the Pakistani side acceptable. ”
Red Star is not now saving for the sake of making money, but seeking a wider influence, which is why there is cooperation with Pakistan in fighter planes, between countries, there will never be pure friendship, there are only eternal interests, Pakistan does not look at the country is the best ally, but in the face of interests, no one can guarantee when it will become an enemy.
The reason why the country put forward this request at that time was that Xu Ziling took into account that the island country had used a long time to contain a country: to use technology to contain a country, so he nodded.
Imagine if Red Star can indirectly or directly control the development of the Pakistani Air Force through guò fighter technology cooperation, what a big gain it will be for Red Star.
And now can they use the matter of Ah San to further expand their infiltration into Pakistan?
"Is it possible to build a military port in Gwadar?" When Xu Ziling's words came out, everyone fell silent, but Li Cheng took the lead in proposing a possibility.
"Build a port?" Several people's eyes lit up.
A few years ago, Pakistan handed over a controlling stake in the Gwadar port in the south of Pakistan to China, which was originally an excessive economic shift to a strategic move, but due to many problems, this port is still only a trading port, and finally did not become a supply port for our navy as speculated by the outside world.
If you can take this opportunity to truly become a strategic port, it will indeed be cost-effective.
The port of Gwadar chokes the throat of the Persian Gulf and several important maritime routes from Africa and Europe through the Red Sea, the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf to East Asia and the Pacific. Gwadar is about 400 kilometres from the Strait of Hormuz, the main route for global oil supply.
From a strategic point of view, once a military port is established here, it will be the main channel for the global oil supply, and from the economic point of view, not to mention, the benefits to our country will definitely be huge.
Otherwise, the country would not have made great efforts to build the Gwadar port, and this place would not have been favored by the United States and Russia one after another.
"Once the port is completed, it will become a transshipment station for Middle East oil, for our country, after the Middle East oil arrives, it can be transported to the west by land, so that it can greatly reduce the dependence on Malacca, and once it is built here, many countries in the north should be happy, because for them, the establishment of this channel can become their nearest outlet to the sea, and it can also drive the country's economic ......"
Today's Li Cheng is really impressive, I saw him speaking in an orderly manner, and Xu Ziling and the others nodded.
"It's a good idea, but we need to understand what the port is all about." Nie Yunjie's face was a little excited, and he stroked his palms and smiled.
"It's not a big problem, just go straight to the top."
Xu Ziling immediately took over the matter and hurriedly prepared to call Fan Yi.
The Gwadar port was originally built by the country at a huge cost, but the result was not satisfactory, so there must be a reason for this, and this port involves military and strategic issues, compared to Fan Yi should know.
The two time zones don't get along much, and when the phone called, Fan Yi had just returned home.
"Gwadar port? How did you remember to ask this? Hearing Xu Ziling ask about this port, he was a little strange.
"When it comes to this port today, we all wonder why this place hasn't been built yet, considering the oil in Syria and the trouble in Malacca, so we think that it is possible to build a pipeline from Gwadar, the premise is of course to take this port, so I want to know the situation over there first."
"You want to take over?" Fan Yi knew this very well, and when he heard that Xu Ziling meant this, he immediately became interested, "No need to check, I know this matter, the main problem is still on Ah San's head, do you know why there has been an increase in conflicts in Kashmir since last year?" The main reason for this is the handover of the Gwadar port. ”
Xu Ziling knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, Gwadar Port is east of the Indian Ocean, it is an excellent place to observe the Asan's navy, if our country transforms the port into a strategic port here, the biggest impact will be Asan, listen to Fan Yi's meaning, that is, A-San uses the contradictions in Kashmir to contain Pakistan, thus affecting the transformation and construction of the port from the side.
"In other words, the main problem is still in Kashmir!"
"That's right."
"As long as you solve the problem of Kashmir, the port will be solved."
"Can the port give up a controlling stake?"
"As long as you guarantee that the future construction of the port can be as signed before, there is no problem with the transfer of equity, and I can guarantee you in this regard."
"Okay, then you can send me a detailed information, and let's discuss it."
Xu Ziling did not make a decision immediately, but was ready to discuss it with everyone.
How big is the profit between crude oil and refined oil, just look at the small minions of the two domestic oil and petrochemical companies can drive millions of luxury cars when they go out, and a company building can be equipped with millions of chandeliers.
Red Star now controls most of Syria's oil fields, once they enter the domestic refined oil business, it will be several times higher than the previously expected income, investing in the Gwadar port, saying that crude oil will be transferred again, and it will be transported from the land to the west by land, which is a good business?
Not to mention that once a port is built here, it will greatly increase the influence of the navy in South Asia and the Middle East.
It is inconvenient to go out in Kashmir in China, but Red Star has enough reason to make a move this morning, and Fan Yi, who has taken this into account, quickly passed all the information about the port.
Xu Ziling sent the information to everyone for everyone to take a closer look at, and then discuss the feasibility of this matter.
Of course, he didn't forget about it in China, and summoned Yang Ruolan, who knew about it, and asked her to contact Zhao Xueqin and others in China, and conveyed her thoughts to them.
Taking advantage of the aftermath of the events in the morning, this matter should be decided sooner rather than later, the sooner the better.
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