Chapter 435 Cyprus Question
Compared with the negotiation of the Asia-Europe power grid, everyone is more concerned about the progress of the negotiation of several lease and ownership agreements, but before that, the Ministry of Government Affairs still reported on the follow-up matters of the hijacking of the cargo ship.
Although the hijacked freighter was brought back that night local time, and the crew did not suffer any damage, the loss of the two core components still caused an uproar on Shijie, and for the British Royal Navy, which was responsible for the escort of the freighter, this time the face was a little painful.
The angry British government launched almost everything that could be launched, and the search for the two core components was carried out, and all the countries around the entire Gulf of Aden were turned upside down.
It's just a pity that a week has passed, and they still have nothing to find, and the two core components seem to have evaporated from the world, and there is no trace at all.
The rescued freighter has arrived in the UK at this time, although they are not so anxious to use this equipment now, but they themselves know that even if the two core components can be recovered, I am afraid it will be difficult to ensure their integrity, and now they are considering whether to pay for the two core components from Jeju Power, although the price of the two components is as high as tens of billions of dollars.
This is not the most important thing, the important thing is the identity of the hijacker, through the efforts of the United Kingdom and the Ministry of Defense, the identity behind the other party has been determined, but what no one expected is that the identity of the other party is a little sensitive, it is actually the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a regime recognized by only Turkey.
Their purpose has also been confirmed, although they have not yet caught the final boss. But anyone with a brain can guess that it is none other than the president of the Republic of Cyprus who recognized Ji Feng's island lease agreement. With Ji Feng's style of acting, their Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus will definitely be suppressed, so they decided to strike first.
It's just a pity that even though they didn't act with their own hands, they were still caught by the tail, and among the pirates captured that night, there was really someone who knew about the client. Even the advance payment made by Northern Cyprus to the other party was found, and what was even more speechless was that the pirates actually recorded the secret discussion between the two sides at that time. They can't even deny it.
I have to say that the current pirates are getting stronger and stronger, and they like to use their brains to do things.
Subsequently, the Ministry of Administration reported on the progress of the negotiations in Cyprus and on the issue of how to punish and sanction Northern Cyprus. That would need to be negotiated with the British side. And this matter is also dominated by the British side.
"The negotiations in Cyprus have made some progress so far, and other aspects can basically be resolved through negotiations, but there is only one point of great dispute between the two sides, whether the Republic of Cyprus will be retained, and how the state power of the other side will be guaranteed, after all, the lease period of 999 years is indeed very long, and they are worried that after the expiration of the future, the Republic of Cyprus will no longer exist."
"Again, it's the Cyprus loan problem. They had been affected by the Greek debt crisis and had been caught in an economic crisis that had lasted for several years. In just 13 years, it has lent 10 billion euros to the EU, and in 11 years, the 2.5 billion euro loan with Russia has not only not been repaid, but has been re-loaned by 2.5 billion, which, together with loans from other countries, now totals more than 21 billion euros. I'm afraid that's why they're so happy to agree to fulfill the lease agreement, and they don't see any hope of repaying these huge loans in a short period of time, so it's better to pass it on to us. ”
"If the other party wants us to accept the island, we must accept these loans, and at the same time there must be no reduction in the salary, benefits, etc. of Cypriot citizens."
"And the idea is to enforce the terms of the lease agreement and try to ignore their country and loan issues, so it is inevitable that there will be a dispute, and this is the most important issue that the negotiating team ahead wants to be able to guide on!"
The words of the Ministry of Government are very headaches for others, this is indeed a difficult thing to do, if you want to enforce the lease agreement, Cyprus will definitely be gone, not only South Cyprus, but also North Cyprus.
But this obviously makes the other party unable to agree, after all, the other party is a sovereign country, even if it leases all the territory of the other party, but there is no reason to completely eliminate the other party's country, North Cyprus not to talk about, Xun is a regime that is not recognized by all shijie, but South Cyprus is recognized by all countries in Shijie, naturally it cannot be said that if you destroy someone, you will destroy someone, and this is definitely something that the other party cannot agree to.
Seeing that everyone didn't speak, they didn't dare to come up with ideas casually knowing this kind of thing, after all, the lease agreement was their own, and they were just managers.
Ji Feng lit a cigarette again, spit out a beautiful smoke ring and said with a smile: "Actually, this is not a problem at all, a loan of 21 billion or more is nothing to us, and it is not a problem at all to maintain salaries and benefits, and even the retention of Cyprus is not a problem." ”
"It is entirely possible to set aside a piece of land on the island of Cyprus for the seat of the state government of Cyprus, if you don't understand, you can refer to the situation of the Vatican to deal with it, and private territory can also contain a sovereign state, and we have to openly admit that Cyprus is a real sovereign state, we have only leased the island of Cyprus for 999 years, and the Republic of Cyprus will get everything on the island of Cyprus after 999."
"They have all the rights of other sovereign states, we will never meddle in any internal affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, and our laws only apply to our leases."
Ji Feng's proposal suddenly made everyone's eyes light up, and they praised it one after another, this is indeed the most appropriate solution, but Lin Hui raised her own questions: "Boss, since the Republic of Cyprus still exists, then we have to carry the debt of more than 20 billion euros for them, and let them pay it off slowly." ”
Sparker laughed on the side: "Oh my God, I found out that you should never offend a woman, people have given us the whole island, just more than 20 billion euros, which is a drop in the bucket for the boss, and do you think the 999-year lease term of the whole of Cyprus is not enough for more than 20 billion?" ”
Ji Feng nodded slightly and smiled: "We all have to pay rent, more than 20 billion yuan will be our rent for the next 999 years, which is quite a good deal." ”
Although the rent stated in the lease agreement is quite cheap, after all, the era in which it is lived has too many limitations, and if you insist on paying the rent according to the agreement, I am afraid that no agreement will be fulfilled.
"And what about Northern Cyprus? We tried to contact the other party, but they ignored it and refused to recognize the lease agreement. Once again, he raised a question that gave everyone a headache.
The island is governed separately from north to south, with the Republic of Cyprus, which currently recognizes the lease agreement, controls about two-thirds of the island and currently has a population of about 850,000, mainly Greeks, and the remaining one-third of the island is controlled by the Northern Cyprus regime, mainly Turks.
Cyprus was divided shortly after its formation, and the international community has repeatedly hoped for a merger for decades, but unfortunately the two sides have not been able to negotiate successfully.
The most surprising thing is that these two obviously hostile regimes share the same capital, and it is not easy for them to work with each other all day long, and it is really not easy for them to have an average per capita GDP of tens of thousands of dollars.
Ji Feng sighed lightly and said: "Northern Cyprus is not a regime accepted by the international community, so we will not negotiate with them, but in order to respect them, we can visit Cyprus and also allocate no more than five square kilometers of land to them for their use, when registering the islanders, remember that all those who voluntarily become islanders will enjoy the benefits within our standards, and the rest that belong to Cyprus have nothing to do with us, let them figure out their own way, by the way, and I don't want to recognize an anti-government regime, So we will never be able to have diplomatic relations with Northern Cyprus. ”
Jin Shanli smiled: "This is natural, if you want to admit it, boss, we will also strongly oppose it, but what if Northern Cyprus refuses to cooperate?" ”
Sparker laughed again on the side: "It's best not to cooperate, I believe that Minister Li will fight until they cooperate." ”
After Li Lao became the Minister of Defense, his whole family basically immigrated to Jeju Island, and as a result, Spark, who already has four wives, has a hot fight with one of Li Lao's granddaughters, and during the Olympics last month, the two have been engaged, and I am afraid that they will get married soon.
Li Zhiqi said with some disapproval: "I think it's better not to use force, the situation there is more complicated, especially when it comes to Turkey, although we are not afraid of them, but there is no need to erect more enemies for ourselves." ”
Minister of Human Resources Chen Xudong said with a smile: "I believe that Minister Jin will not let things develop to the point of using force, right?" ”
Jin Shanli is the Ministry of Political Affairs, this negotiation is led by the Ministry of Political Affairs, and the Ministry of Legislation is only cooperating in legal affairs, after all, this is a diplomatic confrontation with several sovereign countries, and others really can't interfere, except for Jin Dazhong, who personally led a team in Kuwait, the rest are all responsible for observing with the delegation, to put it bluntly, it is responsible for sorting out the progress of the negotiations every day, passing it to the Secretary-General, and then handing it over to Ji Feng after sorting it out, so that Ji Feng can keep track of the progress of each group at any time. (To be continued......)