Dominate South Asia

"Minister Asif, it's nice to meet you." **** shook hands one by one and talked cordially with these people.

After completing the meeting ceremony, **** also gave an impromptu speech. Facing the camera lens, the Russian leader opposite was no longer such an old man and no longer gave people the image of bureaucracy. He is a vigorous man, full of the unique masculinity of Russian men. It seems to indicate that the future of Russia will be as full of new vitality as this man.

"I am very honored to come to Pakistan this time. My husband has been here before our great alliance was disintegrated. Now, I know that my arrival has attracted the attention of many media magazines and even included me. His profile picture was placed on the front page of the newspaper. "The words made the reporters below laugh. This leader is completely different from the previous polar bear leaders, more like a Western style.

"Why did you choose to come to Pakistan? Of course it is for the benefit of our Russia and for the friendly cooperation between our two countries. The Soviet Union has disintegrated and the Cold War is over. Please stop seeing us with a Cold War mentality. For Russia, we For us, the most important thing now is to get rid of economic problems and restore the confidence of our traumatized people in the ruble. When we come to Pakistan, we are here to seek cooperation from both sides. Only cooperation can achieve a win-win situation."

****'s words won a round of applause. For the sake of their own face, the United States even imposed high tariffs to oppress China. As a result, China did not surrender, but the U.S. economy worsened. Now, Russian leaders can give up the Cold War. thinking. Investing in economic construction makes all reporters very emotional. Today's Russia is no longer the original Soviet Union. It can stand on the land of the once antagonistic countries to discuss cooperation with each other and achieve a win-win situation through cooperation. !

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Cold War ended. The ideas in Russian people's minds have changed. Peace and development are the main themes of the world. Hegemony is just a name. Although it sounds good and is domineering, it tastes bitter. Thinking of the United States, it is now taking a wrong path.

When it comes to deceiving people, that **** is definitely at the level of Uncle Zhao, between countries. The eternal thing is profit!

Arriving at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad, Mhamad hosted a banquet here to entertain guests from far away, and the two sides had a friendly dialogue. It also kicked off the banquet.

"President ****, with the joint efforts of both our countries, the ice has begun to disappear. We must cooperate to achieve a win-win situation. Your speech was really wonderful." Mhamad said.

"President Hamad, in terms of economic development, we in Russia still have a long way to go. There is a lot of work to be done." **** said to Hamad: "We in Russia, due to the long-term development of the Soviet Union, The Songun plan has led to the extreme development of our heavy industry, but the light industry is somewhat backward. Now, domestic shortages of daily necessities, rising prices, and the depreciation of the ruble are almost all related to these.”

Hamad nodded. The Soviet Union has developed like this for decades. It is really difficult to change now, and Pakistan. But it has considerable advantages in this regard.

"Pakistan's light industry is quite developed," said Mhamad. "We can start trade exchanges, and I have another suggestion: we can reduce each other's tariffs."

In addition to increasing fiscal revenue, the greater contribution of tariffs is to protect domestic enterprises. For example, in China, high tariffs are levied on imported cars to protect the country's automobile industry. Although after joining the WTO, they promised to gradually liberalize imports. In addition to automobile tariffs, other tax items have been added, changing the soup without changing the medicine.

Doing this is called protection, but on the other hand, it cultivates a large number of helpless people. In later generations of China, those state-owned enterprises are representatives of those who do not want to make progress, and those who master advanced manufacturing and R\u0026D technologies are all In private enterprises, this is also an inherent disadvantage of state-owned enterprises.

Now, the advantage of reducing tariffs on both sides is that it can reduce the price of Pakistani goods entering the Russian market. Russia is in urgent need of reform, and the people are also in urgent need of seeing the changes in life brought about by coming to power. When the goods are full, there is no need to queue up for shopping anymore. The rubles in hand can buy more things, and the people will be convinced of the government.

Hearing Mhamad's words, **** nodded: "We also have this idea. If we can reach an agreement on reducing tariffs, both of us can enjoy real benefits. Of course, we also We hope to sell our products to your country.”

It is foreseeable that after tariffs are reduced, goods from Pakistan will occupy a large amount of the Russian market, and may even form a dumping trend, and Russia will form a trade deficit. In the long run, this will be detrimental to the Russian economy. Therefore, Russia will also It is necessary to sell one's own goods to Pakistan so that the trade between the two sides can be balanced. Only then can Russia's economy enter a healthy development.

Moreover, another reason is that the current Russian ruble is worthless. When importing goods from abroad, the consignee is absolutely unwilling to use rubles to settle the bill. Russia's economy is almost collapsing now. Domestic foreign exchange reserves, whether in US dollars or British pounds, are pitifully small, and even gold reserves have been squandered in the era. Russia wants to import a large number of light industrial products, but does not have enough currency to buy them. It can only export goods or even trade in the form of barter.

"Yes, Russia also has unparalleled advantages in heavy industry." Muhammad said to ****: "We also need Russia's advantages in heavy industry to complement each other, especially in aerospace. We hope to develop in coordination with Russia and make progress together."

In aerospace! Although Pakistan's aerospace technology has made great progress and even has the ability to send satellites into low-Earth orbit, Pakistan's overall technology is still too poor. Russia, which inherited the Soviet Union's mantle, can only be compared with the United States in aerospace technology.

Among them, the most important is manned space technology!

However, Muhammad's meaning is very clear. It is not simply to introduce Russian products, but to develop together!

What to import? Soyuz spacecraft? I'm afraid Russia won't sell it either!

"Oh? I wonder how you plan to cooperate with us in the field of aerospace?" **** asked Muhammad.

"You have perfect manned spaceflight capabilities. We hope you can train astronauts for us, take your Soyuz spacecraft to launch, and enter the Mir orbital space station for a period of spaceflight." Muhammad said.

Mir Space Station! Just like in history, this space station is still in service. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, as Russia's economy deteriorated, Russia simply could not afford to carry out more space programs. This space station is also in a temporarily closed state and unattended.

In the field of aerospace, the Americans took the path of the space shuttle, while the Soviets explored the space station. Later generations have proved that the path taken by the Americans was wrong. The flight life was originally planned to be thousands of times, but the most flight was less than a hundred times. They were all retired because of reliability issues. In the future International Space Station, the Americans also need to rely on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to enter space. The United States no longer has the means of manned spaceflight!

Pakistan now has enough economic strength to support its own manned space program. This program will take a long time and require Pakistan's technology to continue to improve. Now, borrowing Russian equipment to train its own personnel is a far-sighted plan.

For Russia, the training center and supporting equipment are complete. Helping Pakistan train astronauts can also obtain a large amount of funds, and it can also re-activate the Mir, which is also a very good choice.

"Okay, we agree." **** said.

"For the second project, we hope to intervene in your GLONASS global satellite navigation system, including using our technology to upgrade your navigation satellites to make these satellites have a longer life." Muhammad continued: "At the same time, we will promote this navigation system to allow it to have more users."

Satellite navigation system! Now, the only system that can be put into normal use in the world is the US GPS system. This system has played a huge role in war. For example, the joint attack munitions guided by GPS modules first manufactured by Pakistan are low-cost, high-precision, and not affected by weather. At the same time, the navigation system will gradually develop in areas such as transportation and have important uses.

Now, this system is completely in the hands of the Americans, which is not good for Pakistan's national defense and security. If Pakistan has any conflict with the United States, the United States will definitely play tricks on it.

Not to mention the United States, even Europeans cannot fully trust the United States, so they came up with the Galileo global navigation plan. Unfortunately, the Europeans' nature of bickering with each other has delayed the use of this seemingly advanced navigation system.

At this time, China's navigation satellite system is still in the exploration stage, so Muhammad thought of cooperating with the Russians. (To be continued ~^~)