Chapter XI The process of reunification
Belly Amman. Pei Chengyi tasted the closed door. Although the Jordanian authorities attached great importance to the visiting Minister of Defense of the Republic and welcomed Pei Chengyi very warmly, as an out-and-out small country in the Middle East, Jordan's foreign policy is very conservative, and it has neither completely surrendered to the United States nor relied too much on the Republic, so it has not made Pei Chengyi feel at home.
Although Jordan surpasses the Arab countries in the Middle East such as the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Lebanon, and Bahrain in terms of land area and population, and its land area is even much larger than Israel's, Jordan is even inferior to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar in terms of comprehensive national strength, not to mention Israel, and is only slightly stronger than Lebanon, which has been in war for several years, and Bahrain, which has a land area of less than one square kilometer.
Like all Azabeth countries in the Middle East, Jordan has a less glorious history.
With the collapse of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Jordan became a British mandate after World War I. It was not until after the end of the Second World War that it gained its independence and established the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan. In the Third Middle East War, Israel occupied the West Bank. In the years that followed, the situation in the Middle East changed dramatically, and the once monolithic League of Arab States collapsed and announced that it would renounce the legal and administrative rights of the West Bank, sign a peace treaty with Israel within six years, and then reclaim hundreds of square kilometers of territory occupied by Israel.
Although from the perspective of time, Jordan reconciled with Israel only after Egyptian President Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Begin and US President Carter signed the Camp David Accords, that is, Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty, announced the end of the state of war, and established ambassadorial-level diplomatic relations, and finally fell to the Western camp with the United States as the United States, but in terms of the degree of transformation and the intensity of change, Jordan has long become the most important ally of the United States in the Middle East, especially in the surrounding areas of Israel.
Jordan has been able to transform rapidly, mainly because the land is narrow and the population is small, and the country is easy to control and manage.
It is precisely for this reason that since the signing of a peace agreement with the United States and its defection to the United States, Jordan's foreign policy has not undergone major changes for decades. Even during the Iran war, Jordan's attitude was ambiguous, with only a statement condemning the United States through the Arab League, which existed in name only.
During the Middle East war, Jordan maintained strict neutrality and did not support either the United States or the Republic. Although this attitude is more beneficial to the republic, after all, on the southern front, the rear of Syria and Iraq provides strong support for the republican ** team, while the United States can only move around the small territory of Israel, but Jordan has not been able to curry favor with either side, and even has a gap with the United States.
For a country like Jordan, the republic also did not have much hope.
In fact, a country with a land area of less than 10,000 square kilometers, a population of less than 10,000 martyrs, and few valuable resources cannot make a name for itself.
In a sense, Pei Chengyi visited Amman only because Jordan is an Arab country.
It was in this way that after less than 2 days in Amman, Pei Chengyi left for Cairo.
If Jordan is a "dispensable" country, then Egypt is definitely the number one power in the Arab world.
Compared with other Arab countries, Egypt's land area is not as good as Saudi Arabia, mineral resources are not as good as Iraq, culture and education are not as good as Qatar, social welfare is not as good as Kuwait, tourism services are not as good as the United Arab Emirates, and the per capita income is even lower than that of several Arab countries that rely on oil to get rich, but Egypt has two major advantages that other Arab countries do not have, one is a huge population. Second, it is an important geographical location. The new address of this site has been changed to: Gangkou Yang... 8。 Lion, please land the valve messenger!
As early as the beginning of the second century, Egypt's population was over 10,000. Not only is it the most populous country in the Arab world, but the population is twice that of Algeria, which ranks second, at that time, Algeria had a population of about 10,000, and the Arabs were about 10,000. Because at the beginning of the decade, Egypt accelerated its industrialization, the government introduced a series of policies to encourage childbirth, and there was a wave of baby booms that lasted for nearly the old year, so by the year of the sword, Egypt's population reached 440,000, not only is it still the most populous country in the Arab world, but it is also nearly twice as much as the second Sultan Zhaowan, accounting for the total population of the Arab world.
Although population is not the first factor to measure the strength of a country, for example, India is not the number one power, and the population of the United States is only about half of that of the Republic, but its strength is on par with the Republic, but in history, no country with a small population can dominate the world, and even no country with a small population can become a regional power. Iran has become a great power in the Gulf region because it has the largest population in the region. In the same way, Egypt's ability to become the "leading big brother" of the Arab world is also related to its huge population. You must know that in the four Middle East wars of the Li century, Egypt was the leader of the Arab countries.
Compared to the huge population, Egypt's geographical location is more valuable.
As the only country that straddles the continents of Asia and Africa, Egypt is not only the oldest ancient civilization, but also reciting the Su-Yi Ten Rivers in the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most influential regional power in North Africa and the Middle East. As for how important the Suez Canal really is, I am afraid that there is no need to explain anything.
As a former non-aligned country, Egypt has always maintained good relations with the Republic. Although there have been some contradictions in the history of exchanges over the past 100 years, the relations between the two countries are still dominated by cooperation, and the friendship between the two countries has withstood the test of time. You must know that in the most difficult time in Egypt, it was the fighter planes, main battle tanks, and missile boats provided by the Republic that supported the backbone of Egypt. It is precisely for this reason that when the Republic marched into the Middle East after the old years, it took Egypt as a target to be wooed.
It is not only the Republic that has benefited.
As mentioned earlier, through cooperation with the Republic, Egypt became the first Arab country to industrialize, and established a modern industrial system based on electric vehicles, shipbuilding, and petrochemicals, becoming the center of the Arab world. While many of the Republic's multinationals make a lot of money from their transit trade in Egypt or from exporting goods to the Arab world through their branches in Egypt, Egypt has benefited greatly, and to be precise, the Egyptian people. Imagine that if industrialization had not been achieved, even if the land of the Nile Delta was very fertile, it would have been possible to live happily ever after hundreds of millions of Arabs.
The problem is that Egypt is not trapped in this and completely falls into the republic.
Although, according to the evaluation of the Western news media, long before the regimental year, Egypt fell to the republic. became the most important ally of the Republic in the Mediterranean coastal region, but Egypt never signed a treaty of alliance with the Republic, and did not even take the initiative to apply to join the Intensive Group. More importantly, Egypt has pursued a foreign policy of peace for decades, and its basic national policy was to "strive to become a permanently neutral country like Switzerland" before the regiment. In other words, Egypt is strictly neutral in its basic foreign policy.
That's the problem, and it's a very big problem.
It can be said that the last thing the republic needs is a pound. Neutral Egypt. Because Egypt is Israel's neighbor and a host state for the Palestinian government-in-exile, it is unlikely that Egypt will turn to the United States in the same way that the Arab countries of the Gulf region do. To put it bluntly, Egypt can become the leader of the Arab world at any time if it wants to, and become the core country that leads the Arab world to unity. What the republic needs. It is to make Egypt a leading country that takes the initiative to shoulder the important task of promoting the unity of the Arab world.
Obviously, from the very beginning, the republic miscalculated.
Although Egypt has the potential and capital to unify the Arab world, it is not the same as it has experienced the Middle East War. And the country that has repeatedly suffered defeats, Egypt has long lost its ambitions. More importantly, under the transformation of the United States and other Western countries, Egypt has established a democratic political system, and it is almost impossible to have an iron-fisted leader like Sadat, and it is impossible to use nationalism to mobilize voters. The new address of this site has been changed to: Just a mouthful of milk... 8。 Lion, please log in!
In the face of such Egypt, the republic had little to do.
During the Middle East war, Egypt's declaration of neutrality was tantamount to extinguishing the last glimmer of hope that the republic had for this country.
Although the situation at that time did not want Egypt to stand up and participate in the war, and never asked Egypt to come forward, before the outbreak of the war, when Yan Shanglong visited Cairo, he proposed to the Egyptian government that Egypt could make some trade-offs in neutrality policies, such as banning ships from belligerent countries from passing through the Suez Canal. Undoubtedly, this is not a real requirement at all, because it will not undermine Egypt's neutral status.
If Egypt had agreed to come down and effectively implemented the embargo policy at that time, the pressure on the republican team would have been much lower, the price would have been much smaller, and it might even have changed the outcome of the war.
The problem is that Egypt has not abandoned it.
What made the authorities of the republic even more annoyed was that because of Egypt's extremely important strategic value, especially its irreplaceable geographical location, the republic not only could not punish Egypt, but also had to win over Egypt after the war
It is for this reason that after the war in the Middle East, the Republic still attaches great importance to its relations with Egypt.
In fact, Egypt did not dare to turn against the republic.
According to an investigation report released by a Western investigative agency at the beginning of the year, the Republic's investment in Egypt has reached an astonishing level of two yuan, of which private capital has invested more than the thug Qin O Yi yuan, and has achieved the status of a base or close to a base in the main industries of Egypt. In other words, the republic's multinational corporations control Egypt's economic lifeline and are fully capable of making Egyptian social civilization retreat for a few years. More importantly, by the time of the scorching year, most of the republican enterprises that had invested in Egypt had recouped their capital and made more than one profit. Because Egypt's domestic market has long been saturated, the Republic's main investment in Egypt is related to export trade or entrepot trade, and the Republic has been increasing its investment in Syria and Iraq over the years, so in the case of uncertain investment progress, the Republic's multinational enterprises are likely to turn their focus to Syria and Iraq, so that Egypt's processing export trade will suffer a heavy blow.
It follows that Egypt still has to rely on the Republic, especially its economic assistance.
Anyway, Pei Chengyi is in this catty, when Yamaguchi "Luo." We don't expect to achieve the same things as we did in Malaysia. It can be said that Pei Chengyi's trip to Cairo is a message to the Egyptian authorities that the republic cannot put up with Egypt's foreign policy permanently. That is, Bae Chengyi has only one task in Cairo, and that is to put pressure on the Egyptian authorities in his capacity as Minister of Defense of the Republic.
Of course, Pei Chengyi did not expect to achieve results.
Relatively speaking, the next trip to Lutoum is more meaningful.
If Egypt has completed the process of industrialization with the investment of the Republic and has become the most industrialized country in the Arab world, then Sudan has completed its rebirth with the help of the Republic, and another extremely backward country with constant wars has become one of the few countries in Africa.
With "wash the heart and change the face." It is not an exaggeration to describe the changes in Sudan over the years. The new address of this site has been changed to: Gangkou Yang... 8。 Please log in to the valve!
More importantly, these changes in Sudan are inextricably linked to the Republic.
In the words of some Western news media, the Republic has created a remarkable miracle in Africa by being able to build a country that is poor and white into the youngest country in the world.
There is no doubt that the citizens of the Republic enjoy the most privileged treatment in the Sudan.
As the Minister of Defense of the Republic, Pei Chengyi will naturally not be given a cold reception in Kotoum. Because the border dispute between Sudan and Eritrea has intensified, the Sudanese authorities have long been planning military operations, so when receiving Pei Chengyi, the Sudanese president almost did not let Pei Chengyi live in the presidential palace.
The problem is that Pei Chengyi's trip to Gtoum is not to solve military problems for Sudan, let alone to serve as a military adviser.
Although during the meeting with the Sudanese president, Pei Chengyi hinted that the Sudanese authorities could hire military advisers from the republic, and that they could invite senior military advisers through the republic's intelligence agencies, when it came to business, Pei Chengyi no longer mentioned things related to the war, but combined military assistance to the Soviet Union with the issue of the reunification of the Arab world. In other words, Pei Chengyi hopes that the Sudanese president will provide support on the issue of the establishment of an Arab coalition and express Sudan's attitude with practical actions.
There is no doubt that Poison Chengyi has obtained a satisfactory result.
Even in the eyes of many, the Sudanese authorities' task is to deal with several neighboring countries, resolve territorial disputes with the help of the republics, and realize their dream of dominating East Africa, and it is unlikely that they will do anything on the issue of Arab unity. Because Sudan is a relatively remote Arab country and does not have much influence in the Arab world, Sudan has no way to make a significant contribution to the issue of Arab unity. The problem is that the Sudan must put its relations with the Republic in place and be consistent with it in terms of basic policies. While the Republic is doing its utmost to move the Arab world towards unity, the Sudan cannot sit idly by, let alone sit on the sidelines.
More importantly, Sudan's overall national strength is second only to Egypt among Arab countries, so it will certainly be able to contribute to the issue of Arab unity.
With the third result of this diplomatic trip, Pei Chengyi went to the last stop, that is, Tripoli, the capital of Libya.
Like his visit to Amman, Pei's trip to Tripoli was a mere formality. The difference is that Pei Chengyi did not raise anything related to Arab unity with the Libyan authorities in Tripoli, nor did he raise the issue of cooperation between other countries, but only paid a return visit to Libya at the invitation of the Libyan defense minister during his visit to China in July last year.
Of course, this is a meaningful return visit.
As we all know, the Arab world in a broad sense encompasses the entire North Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula from Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, Oman in the east facing the Arabian Sea, Syria in the north, and Sudan in the south. It can be said that the Arab population is extremely widely distributed and complex, and the political tendencies of each Arab country are also different. In addition to the Republic and the United States, the European Union also has a great deal of influence in the Arab world. Among other things, Tunisia, which is in the process of accession negotiations with the European Union, is a typical Arab country, with all Arab nationals. Algeria and Morocco, which are close to Tunisia, are also Arab countries.
From Algeria to the east, it is the last stop of Pei Chengyi's trip to six Arab countries, Libya.
Putting aside what Pei Chengyi did in Tripoli for the time being, just his trip to Tripoli can make the EU very energetic. It can be said that during Pei Chengyi's visit to Tripoli, the most unsettling thing was the European Union, especially when Pei Chengyi signed a package of arms contracts worth up to 100 yuan with Libya on behalf of the Republic, the European news media suddenly exploded, as if the sky was about to fall. In fact, the arms sales contract was negotiated as early as last year, and the news media of the republic had long reported that Pei Chengyi had only approved the contract on behalf of the authorities of the republic. The fierce reaction of the EU news media can only show that Pei Chengyi's visit to Tripoli has pricked a certain nerve in the EU.
Speaking from facts, Pei Chengyi's trip to the six Arab countries was not a success, and at most it could only be regarded as achieving the expected goal.
It was at this time that the process of Arab unity, which would have a major impact on the Arab countries of the old Arab countries and on the neighboring countries, and which would certainly change the history of the world, was launched.
No one could have imagined that this would become the trigger for a catastrophe.