Chapter 1226 Special National Debt and Warning

The next day.

Liu Tao and the Saudi envoy talked about other things.

Because it did not involve Syria and Lebanon, the Syrian and Lebanese envoys were not invited.

Liu Tao negotiated with the Saudi envoy this time, hoping that Saudi Arabia could buy Indonesia's special bonds and Huaxia Northeast Revitalization Special Bonds.

Indonesia's special bonds are special bonds just issued by the Indonesian government for post-disaster reconstruction.

On March 28, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 8.5 on the Richter scale occurred in the waters near Sumatra, Indonesia, causing heavy casualties and property losses. The countries along the Indian Ocean immediately issued a tsunami alert, and there was a tremor on the west coast of the Malaysian Peninsula, and thousands of residents fled high-rise apartment buildings.

The Indonesian earthquake had a tremor radius of 6,827 kilometers, a damage radius of 544 kilometers, and a depth of 30 kilometers under the sea.

The earthquake caused thousands of deaths and hundreds of missing people. Basically, it is difficult for those who are missing to survive.

Although the Chinese nation has played the excellent tradition of "all parties support each other when one side is in trouble" and actively provided help to Indonesia, post-disaster reconstruction work is imminent.

The Indonesian government issued a special national debt of 10 billion yuan for post-disaster reconstruction. The annual interest rate of this 10 billion yuan national debt is 1.5%.

The special national debt for the revitalization of Northeast China is 400 billion yuan issued by China, which is specifically used for the revitalization of the three northeastern provinces, with an annual interest rate of 1.5% and a five-year term!

This special national debt of up to 400 billion yuan will be mainly invested in the infrastructure of the three northeastern provinces.

If you want to be rich, build roads first!

This slogan has been resounding in China for a full 25 years, and it has been proved that this sentence is a wise saying.

Saudi Arabia is now rich. If it can buy part of the national debt, then the issuance of national debt will be very smooth.

In addition to hoping that Saudi Arabia will buy these two national debts, Liu Tao also talked with the Saudi envoy about concerns about Yemen.

"According to our intelligence, the Americans are increasing their support for the Houthis. A large number of CIA personnel are going to Yemen to provide professional training for the Houthis. The Americans are expected to provide the Houthis with a military aid of up to $2 billion." Liu Tao said.

Yemen was divided into South Yemen and North Yemen, and then unified. But later, there were quarrels and even civil wars because of conflicts.

The Houthis were born and grew stronger in this civil war.

Saudi Arabia once wanted to intervene militarily in the Yemeni civil war and wanted to solve Yemen's problems by force to ensure the stability and security of its backyard.

Later, Saudi Arabia listened to the advice and gave up the use of force to solve the problem. Instead, it adopted a soft approach, providing financial assistance and loans to help Yemen stabilize the situation, bridge the differences between the north and the south, and help Yemen develop oil and natural gas extraction.

Yemen now has proven oil reserves of 4 billion barrels and proven natural gas reserves of 300 billion cubic meters.

Now, the oil and natural gas extraction in Yemen can not only meet the domestic oil demand of Yemen, but also the total energy export income of Yemen last year exceeded 7 billion US dollars, becoming the largest source of export income for Yemen.

In recent years, thanks to the rapid increase in energy income, Yemen can import more things from outside, thus ensuring the stability of Yemen.

The Houthi armed forces are restricted to a mountainous area.

The measures taken by Saudi Arabia and Yemen are to surround this area and prevent the Houthi armed forces from spreading out, thus ensuring the overall stability of Yemen.

In theory, there are no docks or airports in the mountainous areas controlled by the Houthi armed forces, and it is difficult for Americans to support them.

But you have to know that Yemen seems to be a unified country, but in fact there are many tribes inside, and the forces are as numerous as cow hairs, just like a sieve. It is really too easy for the CIA to make trouble.

Liu Tao honestly does not want war to happen again in Yemen, because Panshan Group has a lot of interests in Yemen.

Yemen's oil and natural gas exports are all traded through Panshan Group. Yemen's oil and natural gas equipment are all imported from China, and the annual equipment maintenance and equipment parts replacement are all purchased from China. Panshan Group participated in the investment and construction of three ports in Yemen, and also owns four gold mines in Yemen.

Panshan Group is promoting the development of Yemen, including building railways, roads, and docks, helping Yemen develop and expanding the market in Yemen.

Aden Island, which is leased by Panshan Group, guards the gateway from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean. It is known as the key point of maritime transportation between Europe, Asia, and Africa. The port there is now a large port, which can provide supplies and rest for the escort formation, and can also generate a lot of income every year.

If a civil war breaks out in Yemen again, Panshan Group will inevitably suffer losses.

If a pro-American regime emerges in Yemen in the future, the loss will be even greater.

As a member of the Arab League and also a member of the Arab coalition, Saudi Arabia can better influence Yemen.

At present, the overall situation in Yemen is still relatively good, and the development speed is still very fast. This development situation should be maintained, not destroyed.

To be honest, Liu Tao is not surprised by the actions of the Americans.

The Americans inherited the British world hegemony and are also learning how to stir up trouble.

The Americans can stir up trouble in Lebanon and Syria. The Americans can also stir up trouble in Yemen.

In the Arabian Peninsula, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Oman all have rich oil and natural gas resources. They are all very rich. It is not easy to make trouble in these rich countries because these countries all implement high social welfare and it is not so easy to succeed.

But Yemen is different. Yemen has many internal conflicts, but it is not rich, so it is easy to make trouble. As long as Yemen is in chaos, it will inevitably affect neighboring Oman and Saudi Arabia, and even Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia!

For the United States, once Yemen eventually evolves into a pro-American regime, the United States will be able to control the Red Sea and thus control the Suez Canal in disguise.

After the outbreak of the Iraq War, Egypt and Saudi Arabia did not allow European and American warships to pass through the Suez Canal, which made Americans hate it.

Back then, the Suez Canal was under the control of Britain and France. It was the United States and the Soviet Union that cooperated to force Britain and France to transfer the Suez Canal to Egypt.

As a result, now the United States has to face an embarrassing situation.

Not only in Yemen, the CIA has also been very active in Africa during this period.

The US special forces are also active in Africa.

The US has even changed its attitude towards Libya in the past few years and has become aggressive.

It seems to let people see that the US wants to launch a war in Libya just like the war in Iraq!

After all, Libya's Gaddafi has a blood feud with the Americans. Gaddafi and Saddam are the most famous anti-American fighters in the world!

In fact, the United States has accused Libya of having a close relationship with extremist organizations more than once. (End of this chapter)