Chapter 1007 Visit
From the end of July to the beginning of August, the newly appointed British Foreign Secretary Jo Harriman began her first overseas trip after taking office. This time, she will visit important countries in the European Union, including France, Germany, and Italy.
"Britain and France have always maintained a close cooperative relationship. We both share the same values and have common interests and positions in responding to international crises, including the threat of terrorism..."
When meeting with the French Foreign Minister, Jo Harriman reiterated the British position, saying:
"Although we have differences on some EU matters, I believe these can be resolved. Britain is willing to work with France to establish the closest alliance..."
In fact, as early as 2010, after Cameron came to power, Britain and France signed a military cooperation agreement. According to the agreement, the two countries agreed to create joint forces, share aircraft carriers, and jointly develop new nuclear testing facilities.
This agreement marks the in-depth cooperation between Britain and France in the military field and aims to strengthen the defense capabilities and strategic coordination of both parties.
Jo Harriman made France the first country she visited after taking office as Foreign Secretary, and made the above statement, which was also considered to be a strong signal of goodwill to France and an attempt to strengthen bilateral cooperation.
In addition, the EU Foreign Ministers' Meeting will be held in Brussels in early September, at which time the EU's foreign ministers will discuss some international hot issues.
These contents will include the Syrian civil war and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. After the Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a referendum to declare independence and join Russia, in April this year, the Ukrainian government began to carry out "anti-terrorism operations" against its Russian-dominated eastern region. .
This led to large-scale conflicts between government forces and the extremist organizations they supported, including the Azov Battalion, and local civilian armed forces.
The international community is trying to reach a ceasefire agreement through negotiation, and Joe Harriman has also communicated with the French Foreign Minister in advance about these incidents, hoping to promote unanimous action on related incidents at the subsequent EU Foreign Ministers' meeting.
The two sides also confirmed Cameron's official visit to France in October.
Cameron's last official visit to France was on May 20, 2010, just after he was elected prime minister, but the French president at the time was Sarkozy.
Hollande made his first official visit to the UK on July 10, 2012, during which he met with Cameron to discuss the European economic growth plan and the future cooperative relationship between the two countries.
At that time, both sides believed that France and Britain were "the most important and precious partners" and the two countries would continue to be committed to closer cooperation.
It can be said that Joe Harriman's visit to France attracted a lot of attention...
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Especially her beautiful appearance, elegant posture, especially this time she came to France with goodwill, so she captured the hearts of thousands of French people at once.
After all, the three concepts follow the five senses, and this exists anywhere in the world.
What’s even more interesting is that nearly half of them are women…
After all, Joe Harriman publicly "came out" and had a supermodel partner, which was reported again by many media in France...
After his visit to France, Joe Harriman visited Germany and Italy respectively and held talks with their foreign ministers.
She said that both Germany and Italy are important trading partners of the UK and she hopes to cooperate closely with both sides in economic, cultural and EU affairs in the future.
Especially Italy, the two countries share common interests in addressing security challenges and migration issues in the Mediterranean region and will continue to strengthen cooperation in this area.
During Joe Harriman's visit to these European countries, reporters naturally asked about Cameron's statement that if he was successfully re-elected, he would hold a referendum on Brexit.
After all, as the core countries of the EU, these three countries, especially Germany, are very concerned about the "Eurosceptic" tendency in the UK and its subsequent development.
"I think Britain needs to participate in the European integration process, which is crucial to revitalizing the European economy. Brexit is not a better option and will bring many problems to Britain..."
In this regard, Joe Harriman does not mind showing his tendency appropriately:
"But I also respect the people's choice, and I believe the British people will make a choice that is more beneficial to the country."
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After finishing her visit to various European countries, Jo Harriman left Europe without stopping and headed to the next stop of her visit, the United States.
Although the new British Foreign Secretary, who has great charisma, did not choose the United States as the first stop of his foreign visit after taking office like many previous British foreign ministers. Instead, he first completed a trip to Europe before arriving in the United States, but This is not incomprehensible.
In the view of many American media, it is precisely because of the emerging Eurosceptic tendencies in Britain that Joe Harriman is needed to mend relations with those European countries and resolve differences between the two sides, including the refugee issue.
But then, some of Joe Harriman's speeches during his visit to the United States made the American media see something unusual.
Generally speaking, when the British Foreign Secretary visits the United States, he will be received by the American Secretary of State.
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After all, according to the principle of diplomatic reciprocity, visits by foreign dignitaries will be received by officials of the same level in charge of relevant affairs in their own country.
Of course, this is not absolute. Just like this time, during British Foreign Secretary Joe Harriman's visit to the United States, not only did U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton come forward to meet with her, but for some unknown reason, the General Secretary of the Olympic Committee Hay also met with Joe Harriman in person.
However, from beginning to end, in his meetings with Hillary Clinton and Oguan Hai, and in subsequent press conferences, Joe Harriman never talked about the "special relationship" between Britain and the United States...
This also makes her current visit feel a little more polite compared to her previous visits to European countries.
You must know that before this, when British politicians talked about the relationship between Britain and the United States, it was impossible not to affirm the comprehensive, deep and lasting "special relationship" between the two sides.
But on the contrary, the United States seldom mentions it. On the contrary, in recent years, the United States has been more generous with Germany than with Britain, and has shown itself to be closer to Germany than to Britain.
Ao Guanhai has praised German Chancellor Merkel on many occasions so far, and emphasized that Germany is one of the closest allies of the United States. In many cases, he will even remove the "one"...
For example, on February 17, 2011, Ao Guanhai praised Merkel at the Medal of Freedom awarding ceremony and said that Germany is "one of the closest allies" of the United States...
In a speech, he also praised Germany as America's "best friend and partner"...
Even in the original time and space, on January 22, 2017, Ao Guanhai's last phone call on the last day of his term was to Merkel, praising the partnership and friendship she had forged over the past eight years, and expressing the closeness between Washington and Berlin. Close cooperation is important for the transatlantic partnership and world order…
