Chapter 849: A Visit to Pakistan
The huge air command platform slowly landed in Islamabad Nur. Han Air Force Airport, in front of the foreign guest passage of the airport, the hot red carpet rolled out to the welcome car, the military band of the Pakistani Presidential Palace, the Soba student representatives holding frangipani, the staff of the Somali Embassy in Pakistan, the Vice President of Pakistan Nawaz. Sharif led a number of high-ranking military and political officials in Pakistan to wait in front of the red carpet.
Under the command of the ground personnel, the air command platform slowly docked next to the red carpet, the cabin door at the front of the fuselage slowly opened downward, and under the heavy cabin door, layers of ladders stretched out, and the end of the ladder was just aligned with the red carpet below.
In the sound of loud military music, Li Lan took Lin Meiqi's hand, appeared by the cabin door, and waved to the welcoming crowd below.
The reporters who were allowed to come began to record Li Lan's first visit to Pakistan.
In today's complex international situation, as one of the most photographed national leaders, Li Lan's words and deeds have attracted huge attention from all over the world.
In the new year, his face also appeared on the cover of Time magazine, becoming the youngest face to appear in Time magazine in history.
Li Lan's official state visit to Pakistan is also his first visit to a Middle Eastern country.
First of all, the friendship between China and Pakistan and China and Somalia is well known to the world, and Soba has always had close economic and military cooperation, and Li Lan's current visit to Pakistan is of such a high standard that the number of retinues and Somali government officials he brought with him is no less than when he was on his state visit to China.
And even Al-Farah, one of Somalia's two vice presidents, accompanied him to Pakistan. The president and vice president are out at the same time, and there are so many things to think about.
Actually, before that. There have also been very close political exchanges between the two sides, whether it is Mohammadi or Farah. Both have visited Pakistan more than once, and both the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan have visited Somalia several times.
The real weight of this visit is Li Lan's personal departure.
Since becoming president, Li Lan's diplomatic itinerary has not been very much in this part of Asia, and this is the first time that he has arrived in the Middle East. However, each of his diplomatic trips has brought a lot of cooperation between the two sides.
The huge team that followed this time is naturally even more eye-catching.
However, just when Li Lan was about to walk down the stairs with her first lady. A young figure holding a doll appeared next to the two, a delicate little hand was held in Lin Meiqi's other hand, and the three walked down side by side.
Such a scene not only made the peripheral reporters puzzled by the little guy next to Li Lan and his wife, but the Pakistani greeting team, a little surprised when there was a little girl next to Li Lan, and what was even more puzzling was that this little girl was obviously of white blood.
Although everyone was puzzled about the extra little girl, it did not affect the whole greeting work.
With Li Lan walked to the red carpet. The diplomatic work officially began, and after a brief welcome ceremony, the special car in the belly hatch of the air command platform also drove to the red carpet, connecting with the welcome convoy of Pakistani side.
After a simple greeting and welcome. Under the sound of the salute, everyone got into the car one by one, and the welcoming convoy headed towards the eastern administrative district of Islamabad.
Islamabad is the second youngest capital in the world. After Bagua City became the new capital of Somalia, it was once the youngest capital in the world. It is also a fully modernized capital.
Over the decades, Islamabad has become one of the most beautiful cities in the Middle East. The modernity of the city is very beautiful, and although it is only a city with a population of only a few hundred thousand, there is no lack of vitality in the city.
Inside the special car, you can see the slogans welcoming Li Lan and the slogans of Long Live Soba Friendship along the way, and there are also a large number of welcoming crowds along the way.
Sally, a little princess, stood by the window of the special car, looking at the scenery outside with great interest, and a little innocence appeared on her face from time to time.
"I'm afraid that after a while, the whole of Europe will know that the little mafia princess at the beginning has become the goddaughter of the Somali president and has become a little Somali princess." Lin Meiqi on the side looked at Sally who was excited, smiled and said, "Is this really okay?" ”
Li Lan naturally knew the meaning of Lin Meiqi's words, from the moment he saw this innocent little girl, he liked this little guy, and he did not hesitate to make her a goddaughter at that time.
It is impossible to say that this matter has no effect on him, after all, Europe can make a fuss about this matter, and it can be said that the evidence recorded by the mafia is completely forged by Somalia and the mafia.
But if this is really the case, Li Lan will not care, because Europe will not admit it, and one more excuse and one less excuse will not change the outcome of the matter.
"It doesn't matter." Li Lan shook her head, looking indifferent.
"Godfather, you see there are four bigger pillars there." Sally on the side seemed to see something interesting, pulling Li Lan's finger and pointing at a tree-lined mosque outside the car window, shouting happily.
"That's the Faisal Mosque, those four are not pillars, but towers, tomorrow my godfather will bring you here to play, okay?" Li Lan gently stroked Sally's head and said with a loving face.
Sally nodded her little head vigorously, a look of longing.
"You take Sally for a good walk today, and I'll accompany you tomorrow." Li Lan pulled Lin Meiqi's soft cheek and said.
Lin Meiqi smiled slightly and bowed her head slightly.
"Godfather, why are there pictures of you outside, so ......many, so many," Sally shouted, pointing to the banner on the side of the road outside the window.
"That's because they like godfathers." Li Lan smiled slightly.
"I also like godfather and godmother, godfather is so handsome, godmother is so beautiful, more beautiful than Sally, like Tanya's godmother......" Sally counted happily, one by one the hits came out of her mouth, and said innocently: "In the future, I will post all your photos in my room, so that Sally can be as beautiful as godmothers when she grows up." ”
Both of them laughed softly when they heard Sally's innocent words.
All the way passed in Sally's innocent words, and the welcome motorcade finally stopped in front of the majestic presidential palace, at this moment, Pakistani President Hussein was already waiting in front of the red carpet, and the president's wife was also ready to welcome Lin Meiqi's work.
According to Pakistani tradition, women are not allowed to meet with men in formal meetings, and the arrival of the First Lady of Somalia cannot be unwelcome, so the work of welcoming both sides is adopted.
In the sound of military music, Li Lan stepped out of the special car and hugged Hussein, who had seen many faces, and Lin Meiqi led Sally to the wife of the President of Pakistan.
Three consecutive tight hugs, representing the highest friendship between the two top leaders of Soba, in front of the camera, Li Lan and Hussein clasped their hands tightly.
"Aisharama Rangum." (Allah and blessings on you)
"Warem Asalam." (Allah bless you)
After a brief greeting, the two men held hands and walked towards the presidential palace on the red carpet. This kind of behavior is not a relationship between the two, but a gesture of Pakistan to witness friendship, proving that the relationship between the two is excellent friends.
Inspecting the guard of honor of Pakistan's three armed services, attending a grand welcoming ceremony, raising the national flag and playing the national anthem, the two heads of state made brief speeches, Hussein welcomed the arrival of distinguished guests, and Li Lan expressed his gratitude for the grand welcoming ceremony.
This was followed by a comprehensive high-level meeting between the two sides, chaired by Li Lan and Hussein, and the contents of the talks were made public throughout the meeting.
At the talks, in addition to further increasing the relationship of friendship and mutual trust, the most important thing between the two sides was the comprehensive cooperation between the two countries. At the end of the three-hour talks, the two countries reached cooperation on more than a dozen large-scale investment projects, and dozens of economic cooperation agreements were negotiated.
The largest of these investments is the construction of a large shipbuilding base in Pakistan with technology and resources from Somalia and Pakistan that can build large cargo ships and various vessels with a capacity of 4,000 containers.
Pakistan has also agreed to lease the shipyard and a large area of surrounding land to Somalia, where it will continue to expand into a heavy industrial base. And to train a large number of technical personnel for Pakistan, while Somalia can have the right to use this land for 15 years, and during these 15 years, Somalia has a certain amount of national sovereignty over this land.
The most interesting thing is not the content of the agreement, but the shipbuilding base itself, as long as the shipbuilding base is completed, Pakistan will also have a dock that can build more than 10,000 tons of warships.
After the conclusion of the negotiations on the shipbuilding base project, the comprehensive talks between the two countries, which were open to the public, also came to an end.
At the same time, just as the talks ended, Air Force One landed at New Delhi International Airport, just a few months after Obama paid another official state visit to India.
This kind of obviously targeted political diplomacy has caused a storm in Central Asia for a while, especially in the open talks with foreign countries, the two countries have reached a large number of strategic cooperation, so that many expectations have been turned to New Delhi.
The most critical question is whether the Indians will be able to continue to hold on to the aircraft carriers generously donated by the United States, especially whether the Indian Navy will be in a hurry to fire after the two countries have agreed to build a shipbuilding base.
However, as if none of this had anything to do with Li Lan, he only glanced at the report of Obama's visit to India, and then went to the welcome luncheon prepared for him by Hussein as if nothing had happened.
The news made the faces of Pakistanis a little ugly. (To be continued......)