America's Road to Fame

Chapter 552 The Intensified Crisis
With the passage of time, the Malus crisis did not subside gradually, but intensified instead.

The current Papua New Guinea President hopes to forcibly promote the joint reconstruction and development project of the Raupom Naval Base in the last two months of his tenure. As for whether there is any push from the Australian side behind this, I am afraid that there is basically no need to doubt it. .

And precisely because the term of the other party is about to expire, there is no shortage of voices of opposition to this decision in Papua New Guinea, including the opposition of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Papua New Guinea. Memorandum on the development of Naval Base Laubom for discussion.

Those who firmly stand on the side of the President of Papua New Guinea are only those who will benefit from this project, including the Ministry of National Defense, or the president’s direct descendants. No matter what happens in the future, at least for now, the current president of Papua New Guinea is in control of.

After Papua New Guinea and Australia conducted an investigation on the bidding for the reconstruction and development of the Raubom Naval Base, the team was blocked in Malus and even triggered a small-scale conflict. Facing the insistence of the President of PNG, Malus Province The consul even announced that he would stop paying taxes to Papua New Guinea and use it for the local construction of Malus, and demanded that the Malus province have a certain degree of autonomy.

These things naturally intensified the confrontation between Malus Province and Papua New Guinea.

Regarding the remarks made by the governor of Malus Province, the President of Papua New Guinea stated that such a dangerous tendency cannot be tolerated by Papua New Guinea, and they will use any means to stop it.

In this tense situation, the Business Committee of the Atlanta Management Committee sent a letter to Papua New Guinea, hoping that the other party would not disrupt the development of the Amazon economic circle. The development of the economic circle is now preparing to rebuild the naval base on Malus Island, which may put the local area at the forefront of confrontation.

Obviously, it will pose a threat to Atlanta's huge investment in the Malus Island Economic Zone, and their behavior will easily lead to instability in the region. If they insist on building a naval base on Malus Island, they will re-examine the follow-up investment in Malus Island, and the previous investment does not rule out the possibility of transferring to a safer area.

This time for the plan for the Raubom Naval Base, it is obvious that Australia hopes to consolidate its influence in the South Pacific and establish their status as a leader in the South Pacific.

In this regard, Atlanta itself has no intention of competing with Australia in the South Pacific, but brother, you can be the boss of the South Pacific, but this time you chose the wrong place-Malus Island is for Atlanta It is more important to say, so this time it is not that Atlanta wants to fight Australia, but that Atlanta needs a controlled Malus Island.

Why does Malus Province dare to confront the President of Papua New Guinea?Naturally because they are supported.

Just as the critical situation in Malus became more and more tense, the supporters of the President of Papua New Guinea - the PNG military sent their few warships to approach Malus Island to exert pressure.

The Defense Commissioner of the Atlanta Management Committee arrived at the Atlanta Economic Zone on Malus Island for inspection, and made a public speech, stating that Atlanta will protect the safety of its commercial investment and will not tolerate threats from any force.

At the same time, the Poseidon frigate of the Southern Cross Security Company was invited by Malus to pay a "friendly visit" to Loren, the western provincial capital of Malus.

And Southern Cross Security Company, at the invitation of Malus, investigated the possibility of leasing the Raubom Naval Base as a supply base.

Regarding these actions by Atlanta, the President of Papua New Guinea protested Atlanta's interference in Papua New Guinea's internal affairs in his speech. Lan bears.

"We respect Papua New Guinea's sovereignty over Malus Island, but Atlanta's interests cannot be violated. When the agreement on the Asian-Malaysian Economic Circle was first signed, Papua New Guinea promised to ensure the stability of Malus Island, but now it insists on going its own way. , to bring Malus Island to the forefront of regional confrontation, which will be a major threat to the Amazon economic circle.”

Erica, the chief member of the Atlanta Management Committee, returned to work soon after giving birth. She held a press conference on related issues in Atlanta to discuss the actions of Malones in Atlanta. illustrate:

"I hope that Papua New Guinea can take responsibility and respect the local demand for economic development in Malus Province instead of destroying the current good development momentum. We have no intention of supporting the split of Malus, but we will guarantee the safety of investment in Atlanta."

Just when the two sides tacitly exercised restraint in Malus Province and were arguing with each other, the general election in Papua New Guinea began...

It can be said that judging from the campaign slogans and speeches of the two candidates for the new president of Papua New Guinea, there are still two completely different attitudes towards the Malus crisis: toughness and negotiation.

It can also be said that the results of the general election in Papua New Guinea in the next two months can determine the crisis trend of Malus and the public's attitude towards it.

At this time, Atlanta did not just wait. On July 2013, 7, the Business Committee of the Atlanta Management Committee visited Indonesia and was warmly received by the other party.

After the visit, Atlanta signed a series of bilateral trade agreements with Indonesia, including Atlanta's import of agricultural products, refined oil products and mine raw materials from Indonesia.

If you look at the map, you will know that although Malus Province is the closest adjacent area to Atlanta, other than that, the distance between Papua New Guinea and Atlanta is not much different from that of Indonesia.

And the island of New Guinea where Papua New Guinea is located is divided into two, half of which belongs to Papua New Guinea and the other half is the territory of Indonesia.

Therefore, the closest part of Indonesia to Atlanta is only slightly farther than Papua New Guinea, and the raw materials and agricultural products that can be provided to Atlanta there are not irreplaceable, and Indonesia can also provide them.

Therefore, this visit to Indonesia and the signing of a package of cooperation agreements, in addition to beating the Papua New Guinea accident, also provide a backup plan for the escalation of conflicts between the two sides, resulting in the blockage of related product gold imports in Atlanta.

At the same time, whether it is the capital related to Atlanta, or the project "donated" by the Kettering Foundation in Papua New Guinea, and the relevant media, they are all activated. In the general election of Papua New Guinea, candidates are more inclined to pass The party negotiating a peaceful settlement began to build momentum.

Elections in the European and American systems are like this, especially in underdeveloped countries like Papua New Guinea, where the education level of the citizens is not high, and the use of public opinion can play a decisive role in it.

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