Chapter 696

The Republic of Malta, a tiny country in the heart of the Mediterranean, remained neutral throughout the cold war. A place like this is the best place for the United States and the Soviet Union to negotiate.

As an entourage of Gorbachev, he came to Malta to attend the upcoming Summit Forum between the United States and the Soviet Union, accompanied by Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze and Gorbachev's most trusted assistant, Yakovlev.

The main topic of this summit is to end the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union and turn the war into friendship. As a matter of fact, there was nothing wrong with shariosha here, but Gorbachev still brought him here. He hoped that shariosha would find an opportunity to make secret contact with the United States and see if he could win some funds from the United States. Because by March next year, the Soviet Union will have a large amount of debt due, which can kill the Soviet Union. Gorbachev's only hope now is to take on new debts and repay old ones. However, if the funds were not available and there was a problem of debt default, the Soviet Union would not be able to obtain funds from the international community. It is impossible for a country without credit to borrow money.

Gorbachev was full of expectations for seliosha, but seliosha did not nod his head. A country's debt is not a small amount. In addition, the revenue of the Soviet Union's Treasury has been decreasing over the years, so it's just a dream to repay the debt by relying on the Soviet Union's own hematopoietic capacity.

Xie liaosha now has a lot of funds, but these funds will be used to create new jobs for the Soviet Union. If they are used to repay debts, they will not be able to accommodate the millions of troops in Eastern Europe. So he had to find another way to solve the Soviet Union's national debt problem.

Do you use oil and other resources to repay the debts of the Soviet Union? Although it seems feasible, few countries can accept the plan. At present, it seems that West Germany may accept this condition, because if the two countries want to achieve reunification, the attitude of the Soviet Union is very important. To obtain the consent of the Soviet Union, they have to exchange the conditions that the Soviet Union is interested in. Debt relief is absolutely necessary, and maybe seryosha can get another loan from the German.

But West Germany had to take the initiative to talk to the Soviet Union about all these things, otherwise it would not be able to start from the ground. However, at this summit, although the Soviet Union asked the United States for help, he felt that the United States was more eager to reach a settlement agreement. After all, the Maltese conference is the best opportunity in decades. The United States must really hope that the Soviet Union can completely eliminate the dangerous medium range missiles and steel torrents deployed on the western border.

Before the formal talks, he took an opportunity to communicate with Shevardnadze. The theme of this meeting should be the Soviet troops deployed in Eastern Europe and the issue of medium range missiles along the western border. He does not want Gorbachev to give in to the end at once on this issue. Even the withdrawal of troops and the destruction of deployed missiles need a process. At the very least, the Americans should not be allowed to speak empty mouthed, and the Soviets should follow suit. He hoped that the withdrawal of troops from Eastern Europe would be solved in batches, and that the corresponding countries would bear most of the costs for the withdrawal of troops from the Soviet Union.

For Xie liaosha's suggestion. Shevardnadze agreed very much. Shevardnadze was well aware of the weight of the burden on his shoulders, so after communicating with him, Shevardnadze immediately proposed to Gorbachev that he should be the main person in charge of the negotiations with the United States.

The first meeting did not talk about any substantive contents. The two sides just expressed their respective positions. These contents had been confirmed several times before the meeting. On the contrary, journalists all over the world were concerned about the meeting between Gorbachev and bush. At present, although the two sides have serious differences on some major issues, they still share the same basic view on ending the confrontation. So the key to the summit is the next talks.

Gorbachev and bush, with their respective staff, closed the door to discuss the Soviet Union's reduction of nuclear weapons and medium range missiles. This is the real battle. Xie liaosha sat in the corner, listening to Gorbachev's concession bit by bit. Gorbachev's concession is really too big. The Americans have never mentioned what kind of specific support they would give to the Soviet Union's withdrawal. Seliosha knows very well that the US commitment is vague, but the Soviet Union's commitment is real. Xie liaosha couldn't watch any more. He suddenly interrupted the dialogue between Gorbachev and bush.

"Mr. President, I would like to take the liberty to interrupt your conversation. I want to ask you a question. Do you know the year when our country was first established?"

Xie liaosha's sudden voice makes everyone present look at him, but Xie liaosha's face doesn't change and his heart doesn't jump. Gorbachev didn't know what medicine seryoxagourd sold, but Bush politely answered the question.

"It was 1922, this young gentleman!"

"To be exact, it was December 30, 1922, two days before 1923. One year later, in January 1924, we lost our great leader comrade Lenin. Do you know what the Soviet Union was like at that time? "

"I'd like to hear about it!" President Bush replied with great grace that the Secretary of state beside him had handed him a small note telling him that he was speaking from the foreign trade minister of the Soviet Union, ulyanov, the red man beside Gorbachev.

"At that time, the Russian Empire had disintegrated and divided into six countries, namely, the Soviet Union, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. We had just pacified the White army in our country, but we lost a large area of territory in the war with Poland. The 700000 Polish troops led by bisuski defeated the 2.3 million Soviet Red Army. In addition, newly independent Finland and Romania are constantly encroaching on our territory on the border. I think the difficulties we encountered in the founding of the people's Republic of China were much more difficult than those in the American War of independence. "

"Well, Minister ulyanov, we are here to discuss the cold war. I don't think your topic will help us in today's negotiations. If I have time in private, I will be happy to ask you about history." President Bush said impatiently.

"Mr. President, compared with the difficulties that Comrade Stalin faced at the beginning, what is the setback that our Soviet Union encountered today..." after hearing that Xie liaosha mentioned Stalin, the meeting hall quieted down again.