Mordleine and Romane Kälin say that the development of the Port of Mogadishu does not correspond to its original historical status, and that Mogadishu should have been the largest port on the East African coast until the East African occupation of Mogadishu, and now it can only be compared to some less important ports.

On the one hand, this is the reason why East Africa focuses on the development of the southern and inland regions, and on the other hand, the destruction of the Gradi Sultanate in East Africa in the early days also caused its original commercial trade to fall off a cliff, and eventually ceased to exist, and it was only in the past two or three years that the fruit and vegetable trade regained its prosperity.

"Your Excellency, then I will trouble you, our province has been at a disadvantage in terms of immigration quotas for many years, if we can increase more immigrants, it will definitely greatly alleviate the problem of labor shortage in the province." Romane Carlin said.

Most of the immigrants are high-quality workers, and there is no doubt about that, but it may be that they are new to East Africa, and it will take some time to integrate into East Africa.

"Don't be happy too early, I'm just reporting to the central government, as for whether the central government agrees or not, then it's okay to say, but there is a high probability that I will agree, because since I approved your plan before, it shows that the central government attaches great importance to it."

Mordleine said ambiguously, but in fact, it is not good to think that it is not good if you don't pay attention to it, because the project in the Somali region is bound to be profitable, so the East African government is also willing to invest, otherwise it will definitely not approve the "Eurasian Fruit Basket Plan", since this project has been approved, it will definitely invest resources.

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Dre Reva.

"Will this big economic move in the Northern Province affect our Dre Dawa?" Dre Dawa Mayor Hellen asked.

"Mr. Mayor, this is a little too much to worry about, although the Dreva belongs to the Northern Province, but the relationship between the two is extremely special, when the Dareva was just established, it was a military town, and generally did not participate in the affairs of the Northern Province, but involved the military, and the Ministry of Defense will also intervene in the Northern Province, so in any case, the Darewa is in an active position."

"In fact, in comparison, the geographical location of the Darewa is very awkward, although we are part of the Northern Province, but in the northernmost part, and the economy and population of the Northern Province are mainly distributed in the Shabelle River basin in the south, while our Darewa is in the south of the Great Rift Belt, and the economic ties between the two sides are not close."

The city of Dere Dawa was first established to counterbalance the power of Britain, France and Italy near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and with the increase of the population of Dere Dawa, it also slowly developed from a military town to a city, but it still has a distinct military color.

After becoming a city, the city government of Darewa was also established, and it had some of the same configuration as other cities in East Africa, but the city of Darewa also had the embarrassment of being too far away from the Northern Province.

The economic center of gravity and population of the Northern Province is in the southeast, while the city of Dre Dawa is in the northwest, so it is natural for the northern provincial government to ignore the city of Dareda when formulating plans and implementing policies.

This is actually very easy to understand, if the main crop of a province is wheat, but some areas grow rice, then the province is much more likely to introduce wheat planting subsidies than rice planting subsidies, so it is easy to produce centrifugal force.

The city of Dredeva is obviously an area with a weak sense of belonging to the Northern Province, but this is not important to the city of Dredeva, because the city of Darewa is an important border town, so its priority is even higher than that of the Northern Province, which in turn has to support the development of the city of Darewa.

"Mr. Mayor, our city of Dre Dawa is located in a remote location, and because of military reasons, many industries cannot develop as they want, and the conditions here are not very good, so we should give priority to providing service guarantee for the military, which is also one of the reasons why Dre Dawa City was established, so we can't abandon the basics."

In the past, the city of Dredeva came into existence solely because of the construction of the Ethiopian Railway, which made it an important hub connecting the port of Djibouti.

The purpose of establishing the city of Dire Dawa in East Africa is also related to the Djibouti region, but it is completely different from Ethiopia's thinking.

Ethiopia's aim is primarily for domestic economic development, since it has no access to the sea, while East Africa aims solely to target hostile forces in the region militarily.

Halleyn: "You're right, I'm the mayor of the city, it's really different from other districts, there are mostly garrisons and families in Dredeva, and it's essentially to provide support services for front-line soldiers. ”

Although he said this, Halleyn was still more envious of the officials in other parts of the Northern Province, this time the "Eurasian Fruit Basket Project" was such a big move, it was all a political achievement, but Dredeva City could only watch dryly, Halleyn was naturally not very happy in his heart.

"Mr. Mayor, in fact, you don't have to be too frustrated, Mogadishu has its advantages, and we in the city of Dre Dawa also have our own economic growth points, and we really can't participate in this 'Eurasian Fruit Basket Project', but we can set up some economic projects on our own to boost the economy of Dre Dawa City."

"What do you think?" Halleyn asked.

"The biggest geographical advantage of our Darewa City is its proximity to various countries, especially Britain, France and Italy, British and French soldiers are high-quality customers, as for the Italians, their number is enough, and because of Italy's colonization in the northwest, their material gap is not small, and our Darewa City can boost the economic development of Darewa City through border trade with the above three countries."

"But the problem is that I don't have the final say in Dredeva City, I also have to consider the attitude of the military, and if I want to develop foreign trade, it needs the consent of the central government, and other regions are okay to say, our Darewa City may not be so easy to pass!"

"Mr. Mayor, the matter is man-made, the city of Dredeva used to be a complete military town, so naturally there is no need to consider the issue of economic development, now the city of Darewa has been formed, and an important role of the city government is to develop the local economy.

This is an important change, indicating that the city of Darewa has changed from the previous military use to a normal dual-use city, under this premise, what cannot be done before does not mean that it cannot be done now, this is a relaxation of policy, and we only need to submit the proposal to the central government, as for the result of the natural wait for the above reply, this is not something you should worry about and worry about. ”

Halleyn: "What you said also has some truth, now the city of Darewa is indeed different from before, this should be a kind of self-confidence supported by national strength, after all, there are really few forces that dare to go to war directly with East Africa, and the national defense pressure in the border areas will be greatly weakened." ”

"So what we couldn't do before, maybe now it has changed, and we throw this problem to the central government, and the final responsibility will not be ours, but we can also raise the reputation of Darewa City in front of the central government."

This is also the advantage of the city of Dre Dawa, as a military town, it can directly contact the central government without going through the northern provincial government.

(End of chapter)