Chapter 970: Decline and Advancement

In fact, although Haig's visit to Russia and China was planned before, the content of the visit was adjusted and changed after Barron joined the team.

This can be regarded as the British government's support for Barron after the assassination.

After all, if Barron alone leads a business team to visit these countries, relevant cooperation can be achieved, but the significance of obtaining the endorsement of the British official participation is still different.

As expected, after their itinerary was made public, some Western media also interpreted it.

For example, the New York Times believes that the recent visit of the British Foreign Secretary is not a positive signal for the United States and its allies. They believe that this shows that in the face of the economic recovery after the crisis is not as expected, the British government hopes to increase domestic investment through cooperation with Russia and China. This approach is worth discussing.

The Washington Post pointed out directly that this action of Britain was intended to strengthen its relationship with the East. Combined with the recent attack on the Duke of Devonshire and the "malicious short selling" of some companies related to him, it shows that Britain is dissatisfied with some practices of the American government, which is something that the current government needs to reflect on...

"If we cannot unite the democratic society and cause division, it will only harm the interests of the United States."

Although Barron claimed in a press conference held in Britain that the "assassination incident" was attacked by terrorists and urged the international community to pay attention to the spread of terrorism in Africa, many people with keen sense of smell can roughly guess some inside stories from some movements in the United States after that and the short selling of listed companies related to it.

You know, many intelligence does not need to send "agents" to lurk to obtain, but can be extracted and analyzed from some public information...

It is worth mentioning that the New York Times has always been a media that leans towards the donkey party, while the Washington Post tends to lean towards the elephant party.

It can be said that in terms of the media, the Donkey Party has more voices, but the Elephant Party does not have its own media, otherwise this two-party system will not work.

Now that the Elephant Party has the opportunity to criticize the Donkey Party, it will naturally not let it go.

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At this time, the training instructors sent to Syria by the Protector Military Services Company have been withdrawn to the Munger Base.

As early as when the "assassination incident" occurred, the United States stopped the order for military training for the Syrian rebels with the Protector Military Services Company, and replaced it with military contractors in the United States.

Baron knew that the situation of the Syrian rebels would not be very good at this time. Unlike ten years later when Russia was deeply involved in the Russian-Ukrainian war and had no time to care about it, at present, Russia is determined to support the Syrian government forces, so it will directly send their military personnel to help the other side attack the rebels.

Therefore, after this, the Syrian rebels will be subjected to Russian air strikes and military training, which is still a relatively large risk.

And now Baron is deepening cooperation with Russia and is not ready to participate in the multi-party game of the Syrian civil war.

The military training personnel withdrawn from Kolo can also be sent to Mali, Burkina Faso and other countries with good relations with Kolo after rest to help their government forces conduct military training.

"If there is a paradise on earth, Damascus must be in it; if the paradise is in the sky, Damascus must be as famous as it."

This is a proverb circulated among Arabs, which can show the status of Damascus, the capital of Syria, in their hearts.

However, starting from this year, the Syrian civil war will begin to enter the most intense stage, and the extremist organization "Islamic State (ISIS)" will soon appear, as well as the United States, Turkey, Iran, Russia, Israel...

The Syrian civil war, which was launched under the influence of the Arab Spring, will soon make Syria a "duel field" for multiple forces to compete with each other, and will also crush the Damascus Rose into the dust.

Compared with Syria, Kolo is much luckier - both countries have oil resources. It can be said that if the political situation is stable, as long as the rulers are not so "inhuman", the people can live a good life. For example, under the rule of Saddam and Gaddafi, who were considered "dictators" by the West, the income of their people was rich compared with other developing countries.

Comparing the data, before the Arab Spring in 2010, because Assad promoted "secular" rule in the local area and vigorously developed the economy, Syria's per capita GDP reached 11,304 US dollars - you must know that the threshold for developed countries is about 20,000 US dollars per capita GDP.

At that time, Kolo had already experienced rapid development, and its per capita GDP was only about 4,000 US dollars...

But under the Syrian civil war caused by the Arab Spring, Syria's per capita GDP has plummeted to 993 US dollars this year, less than one-tenth of three years ago...

Kolo is still developing steadily, and it is expected that this year's per capita GDP will be above 6,000 US dollars.

After more than 10 years of development, Kolo will also usher in a stage of rapid improvement in population quality. After the establishment of the new Kolo government, universal education has been continuously promoted. After nine years of compulsory education, most of the children who had just entered school at that time have begun to study in vocational and technical schools. After two years of skills training, they are about to graduate.

Of course, some of the students with better learning talents aim to enter two local universities or study abroad after graduating from high school to reserve high-level talents for Kolo.

Generally speaking, the overseas study goals of Kolo's wealthy families are British universities; and Kolo students from ordinary families, if they have excellent grades, can compete for the quota of government-sponsored students funded by the Kolo government if they choose to study abroad. The Kolo government has agreements with Britain, China and other countries to study abroad, and can send students to universities in these countries to study abroad. The study and living expenses of all government-sponsored students are borne by the Kolo government. After graduation, these students must return to Kolo to work.

On November 10, President Kolo attended the signing ceremony of the agreement between Britta International Airport and several airlines including Kolo Air, Afrika Air, Emirates Airlines, China Airlines, British Airways and Delta Airlines to open several new routes from Britta International Airport to North Africa, the Middle East, China, Europe and North America.

It should be noted that before this, Kolo's direct routes to these regions were mostly handled by Kolo Air, and there were very few routes, perhaps only one or two flights a week. Many times, to come to West Africa from these regions, you need to arrive in Senegal first and then transfer.

The main reason is that in West Africa, where most of the French colonies are located, Senegal is called the "Gateway to West Africa" ​​because it is the "base camp" operated by French colonists in West Africa. The residence of the Governor of French West Africa has always been set up in Senegal, so France has also invested a lot of energy in its construction.

However, after this, Kolo will strive to become one of the aviation hubs in West Africa in addition to becoming a West African shipping transit center in terms of shipping.