Chapter 509: A New Ambassador Visits

"Peace is made by fighting." Mhammad sat in his seat and looked at the report of the Afghan side, after smashing one of their plots, the remaining guys were very honest, so honest that Durrani felt that they should be let go, but Osama didn't think so, those who killed the Afghan guerrillas should be punished!

Of course, it can't be in this name, after all, the two sides have already made peace, and those things can't be mentioned again, but when the new government starts to run steadily, an anti-corruption operation will be launched, and those guys, none of the butts will be clean, and what awaits them will be the sanction of the law!

Of course, this is only one aspect, continue to develop Afghanistan's economy, is still the top priority, for a country with poor land, agriculture is almost difficult to achieve self-sufficiency, they must rely on industry, the mountainous area is rich in minerals, continue to mine mines, and at the same time develop Afghanistan's traditional handicrafts, is the most suitable way.

The relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan has become closer, Afghanistan is the source of raw materials, and Pakistan is the industrial center, and the two sides work together for common development!

What Mhammad was most happy about was seeing the integration of various ethnic groups.

In later generations, the root cause of the endless war in Afghanistan was the contradictions and conflicts between various tribes, those tribes have been living in their own tribes, and conflicts often broke out because of various minor problems.

Economic development has promoted the integration of ethnic groups, whether Pashtuns, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Nuristans, Balochs, etc., all of whom are now working together in the mines. Running trucks together on transport lines and working together in factories, not only men, but also many women, began to come looking for work. When everyone is striving for their own happy life, there will naturally be fewer incidents of fighting for that kind of lofty ideal. Faith is just a kind of faith, and people still have to eat and live.

This is also the purpose of Mhammad, poverty and backwardness, is a reason for the war, Afghanistan wants to get rid of poverty and get on the right track!

Mhammad looked at the government work report written by Dana and was very satisfied, and couldn't help but think of the beginning. Who would have thought that Dana, who would have fought together in those most difficult years, would now become the prime minister of Afghanistan?

"Mr. President, the U.S. Ambassador is here." It was at this moment that the assistant reported to Mhammad.

U.S. Ambassador? Mhammad put down his report and the president of the United States was changed. It has been officially done, and President Reagan is stepping down. Bush Sr. came to power, and now Bush Sr. is preparing to pay a goodwill visit to China. When the new president takes office, there will be a new adjustment of the national defense policy, and I wonder what new tricks the belligerent fellow Bush Sr. will have?

Mhammad pondered in his mind. On the other hand, he ordered someone to invite the American ambassador in.

After the elder Bush took office, he also began to rotate various subordinates, and the Pakistani ambassador was also replaced by a new candidate, a former congressman from California. At the same time, he is also a shareholder of a well-known investment company in the United States, Robert. In the course of Bush's election campaign, he raised millions of dollars in campaign funds for Bush Sr., and after Bush Sr.'s election success, Robert was rewarded for his meritorious deeds and sent Robert to Pakistan to represent the United States and become the US ambassador to Pakistan.

This is now the ambassador's first official contact with the President of Pakistan.

Robert, 45 years old, is still an energetic middle-aged man, he is tall, his brown hair is somewhat disheveled, the bridge of his nose is high, his skin is fair, and his face has the confidence and arrogance characteristic of Americans.

"President Muhammad, it's a pleasure to meet you." Robert said to Mhammad with a stiff smile on his face, a young diplomat who had not yet had the kind of professional smile, as if he had been squeezed out of force.

"Mr. Robert, welcome very much." Mhammad said: "What is the matter with coming to me this time? ”

"It's about further strengthening cooperation between us." Robert said: "We understand that your fighter jets are gradually aging and need new ones, so we are willing to continue to export a batch of Tomcat fighters to you, and the price is very favorable, almost the factory price of Grumman, which is more favorable than our Navy's own use." ”

Hammad was stunned for a moment, of course he knew what the other party's intentions were, and now, Pakistan is in full swing copying the Tomcat fighter, in addition to the first prototype used for static testing, and the new fighter produced is almost all used to put into the test flight stage, because it is a mature model imitation, it is expected that by the end of this year, there will be a pre-production model, slowly equipping the troops.

In other words, Pakistan is no longer worried about its new fighters, and in this case, the United States actually wants to provide Pakistan with a batch of Tomcat fighters, then their meaning is obvious, that is, to obstruct Pakistan's independent fighter development!

There is a precedent for this, Israel wants to develop its own Cub fighter, and as a result, in order not to affect its own fighter exports, the United States has forced Israel to terminate the development program of this fighter.

However, Pakistan is not Israel! Israel is surrounded by enemies everywhere, and the United States is a strong backing, while Pakistan is only a cooperative relationship with the United States, and it is definitely not a relationship of dependence on the United States!

Of course, in terms of diplomacy, there must be diplomatic means, Mhammad thought for a while, and then said: "Then we need the Air Force to make an assessment to see how many more fighters we need, and then see how much money our treasury can allocate to it." ”

Evaluation, appropriation, this step by step, it is no problem to drag it out for half a year, and we will talk about it when the time comes!

"Okay, we in the United States are very much looking forward to this arms sale, which can continue to bring us closer." Robert said: "We are also very happy to see that peace is about to return to Afghanistan, the Soviet Union has begun to withdraw its troops, and you should return some of the weapons and equipment that we lent you in the first place, right?" ”

E-3 AWACS aircraft, Patriot missile systems, these were all loaned to Pakistan at the beginning, Pakistan can't just take it as its own, those Tomcat fighters who are still in South Africa and participated in the Angolan war can continue to be lent to Pakistan first, but the rest of the weapons, Pakistan should return them!

In Robert's vision, Pakistan must be unwilling, so he has prepared his rhetoric, what should be returned, must be returned on time! The United States doesn't ask for rent, which is already very good!

"Absolutely." Mhammad replied simply: "In order to prevent accidents, we planned to wait until the Soviets completely withdrew from Afghanistan before returning them to you, and if you want it now, then we can also return it to you now." I'll sign the order and get all the gear handed over. ”

Mhammad is so cooperative, so that many of Robert's words are prepared in vain, for a moment, Robert seems to feel that those people in the country said wrong, many people say that Mhammad is like a businessman, insatiable, now it seems, Mhammad seems to be very reasonable.

"In addition, during the war, you borrowed from our country several times, and the total amount of the loans before and after has exceeded $18 billion, and I hope that you can repay these low-interest loans to us as soon as possible, many of which have already expired." Robert continued.

$18 billion! The original Tomcat fighters, immortal bird missiles, the second batch of F-16 fighters, all kinds of ground weapons, arms sales again and again, Pakistan almost rarely paid, most of them were borrowed on credit, and now, the whole sum is almost 20 billion US dollars!

Most of them are low-interest or even interest-free, and the United States has lost a lot of money because of the continuous depreciation of the dollar, and now Pakistan is paying the original amount. In the past, it was to finance Pakistan to fight the Soviet Union, but now, after the war is over, it is time to settle accounts!

Robert felt that this errand was not easy to do, Pakistan borrowed so many debts, and he collected the debts himself, how much can he get?

However, just now Mahmad's attitude was very friendly, maybe now, he can nod his head, okay, Pakistan will pay it back immediately!

If Pakistan in the past could never afford to pay it back, and its annual GDP was only $40 billion, and half of it would have been given at once, it would have been absolutely impossible, but now, Pakistan has long been not poor.

With the establishment of various basic industries, the export of various commodities, and even the business of transporting oil, Pakistan's GDP has now reached hundreds of billions of dollars! It is already worthy of a European capitalist country.

If the United States knew that Pakistan had robbed the temples of Indians, it would have brought back tens of billions of dollars of wealth, and the last time it manipulated the international financial market, it had engaged in tens of billions of dollars, and I am afraid that it would have urged Pakistan's ass to demand accounts even more.

Hearing Robert's words, Mhammad did not pretend to be poor and cry poor, but immediately picked up the phone next to him and said inside: "Call the Minister of Finance immediately." ”

As the president of a country, it is impossible for Mhammad to do everything himself, and now, when he heard that the other party was urging the debt, he immediately called the finance minister over.

A few minutes later, Sheikh Shoat, dressed in a suit and tie, arrived at Mhammad's office. (To be continued......)