Chapter 323 Nothing can be done
"Is this the secret agreement you signed with China?" Ambassador Rama looked at the copies of a stack of documents in front of him with a pale face. The news that China and Malaysia signed the secret agreement was not hidden for too long. After all, the work done by Asan at the upper level of the Maldives was not a decoration. After receiving the instructions from Nasia, Said, the diplomatic secretary of the Vice Presidential Department, copied the original document of the China-Malaysian secret agreement and took it to meet Ambassador Rama.
"Yes, this is the agreement reached after President Saiya personally presided over the meeting and negotiated with China." As a senior official in the Maldives diplomatic department, Saiyi did not feel guilty of betraying state secrets. He was a senior official promoted by Nasia. He went from an international student of the San to his current high position, and was only in his early 30s.[]
"Ambassador Rama, Vice President Nasia, believes that if this agreement is allowed to be implemented, he will face a very difficult situation in the next election. In this regard, Vice President Nasia hopes that Ambassador Rama can propose strong countermeasures, such as inviting him to visit your country and signing a package of considerable agreements. Only in this way can he get a positive evaluation in front of the Maldives' people."
Said brought these things for Ambassador Rama in vain. Nasia, as vice president, has rarely made achievements in the economy. This time, President Saiya signed a huge package of agreements with China. If this agreement is implemented smoothly, President Saiya's reputation for economic development will be pushed to the peak.
So Nasia couldn't sit still. In fact, when Nasia glanced at the first glance, she almost vomited blood without rushing. The total investment of one billion US dollars is definitely the largest investment in the history of the Maldives. For the Maldives, which has a population of more than 300,000, this investment can really do too much.
In order not to let President Saiya be specialized in the past, Vice President Nasia thought for a long time and still felt that tit-for-tat is the best strategy. Therefore, in order to achieve his own goal, he did not hesitate to instruct his confidants to steal the country's secret agreement to stimulate Ambassador Rama, trying to obtain strong support from Ah San and obtain an equally remarkable investment agreement to compete.
But Ambassador Rama briefly looked through the contents of the agreement and couldn't speak for a long time.
In this secret agreement dominated by investment, a series of preferential conditions provided by China to Malaysia are price tags that are difficult for the A-San and others to offer.
China has set up an investment enterprise group led by the Salt Company to address tourism, fishery, infrastructure construction and other areas that Malaysia urgently needs to invest in, and invested huge amounts of money in development. Of course, this huge amount of funds is for the Maldives authorities, and it is not enough for Salt.
Sal Company invested at least US$500 million to carry out in-depth development of Rahsf Island, including the construction of a production base with an annual output value of US$300 million, and the construction of a new port that can be parked 10,000 tons to Shanghai ships;
Sal invests USD 100 million with the Maldives' largest telecom operator DHI
aagu company jointly ventures to establish a high-speed wireless communication network that seamlessly covers the entire Maldives;
Sal Company invested US$200 million to deeply develop more than three desert islands in the Maldives as new tourist attractions;
China's ocean fishery has invested at least US$100 million to establish a large ocean fishing company with Malaysia, and at the same time establish a fish food processing plant to deeply develop the rich fishery resources around the Maldives;
China's Wanjia Supermarket has invested tens of millions of dollars to open many large supermarkets in cities such as Male and small chain convenience stores in major tourist attractions...
Together, the total investment of Chinese corporate investment groups in Malaysia is no less than US$1 billion. If all these investments can be completed and after the project is completed, at least thousands of direct and indirect employment opportunities will be created for Malaysia. For Maldives, which has a total population of only 300,000, this will be enough to affect the lives of a large number of Maldives families.
The world is vast, and it is not as good as the benefits given by parents. Moreover, there are a large number of Chinese tourists every year, which brings huge US dollar income sources to the Maldives.
Behind these investments, the price paid by the Malaysian side is not outrageous. China just requires that when necessary, Chinese navy and civilian ships berthing and supply can be temporarily parked at the port of SAL. China does not station one army and one soldier on the island of this port. Compared to Ah San's frequent troops to interfere in the domestic situation in the Maldives, this condition is too preferential for the Maldives.
Ambassador Rama never dreamed that China had no trouble with concern on Rahsf Island, but the people on his side were too suspicious and tossed and struggled. Now the things that were originally nothing were torn out by China and finally made a fake come true.
There is no need to conduct any reconnaissance now, and we also know that China is indeed going to build a dual-use port for military and civilians on Rahsf Island.
Ambassador Rama almost spit out blood after reading the agreement. It turned out that the island really had nothing to do with the Chinese Navy, but because of his own trouble, the original nothing was done.
Now, all of this is based on the business behavior of Chinese companies. Ambassador Rama can't find a suitable reason even if he wants to have something wrong. It is true that Asan has a special relationship with the Maldives, but it does not mean that Asan can be completely domineering to the other party.
What's more, the Vice President of Nasia is still holding this thing to put pressure on him, trying to get the same benefits from his own hands. Ambassador Rama thought of this and couldn't help but glance at the diplomatic secretary of Sayed, the spokesperson of Vice President of Nasia, and found that the other party was staring at him, waiting for his decision?
But with China's conditions, what solution can Ambassador Rama come up with? What kind of investment can you do? If you dream, you are still looking forward to others investing in your country! It's not that Ah San is so poor that he can't even get out of this little money, but Ah San has too many places to spend money now. He threw one billion dollars into the small country of Maldives, so how many countries with equal strategic significance have to throw in ASEAN, Gulf oil-producing countries, African oil-producing countries, etc.?
Moreover, these investments are large and outputs are slow. Domestic companies may not be willing to invest money even if they have government support. Similar to fishing ports, they don’t know how convenient it is to invest in China than investing in the Maldives. Whoever has a fever and gets caught in the door will come here.
China clearly used Sal as a sucker to spend money in the Maldives to obtain a supply port, but what if we know China's intentions? Others have large companies like Sal that don't care about spending money and are willing to spend money, Ambassador Rama couldn't think of any good way to deal with it.
"Ambassador Rama," Said saw Ambassador Rama in a daze and couldn't help but remind, "When will it be convenient for Vice President Nasia to visit your country?"
Said also hopes that Ambassador Rama can make a move. If he can get a considerable investment from Assassin, even if it is only one-small of the Chinese investment, although the voters each have their own pursuits, most of them still pursue their own lives and can live a better life. So whoever can bring them a good life will get more support in the election.
"This matter is not urgent. I need to coordinate with relevant domestic departments before I can decide." Ambassador Rama was a little tired of Said's imperative reminder. As ambassador of the Supreme People's Republic of China, Ambassador Rama has always had a transcendent status in the Maldives, so how could he be inspired by Nasia's trick?
However, Nasia is a reliable ally of Ah Sanyi, and Ambassador Rama is not easy to offend too much, so he had to use the trick to use the drag-on technique.
Even though this is the case, Ambassador Rama was sure that the country would not check and balance with China through investment. Although this method was effective quickly, on the one hand, there was not so much investment to support it in China. On the other hand, this kind of incident of sheep entering the tiger's mouth will only make the Maldives authorities gain a high price and wait for the price to be sold.
How could Ah San, who always claims to have the status of the Maldives' suzerain, be able to afford this?
Therefore, other methods must be used in China to counter China's offensive, and Rama can fully confirm this.
Said got nothing from Ambassador Rama and left in disappointment. After hearing Said's report, Vice President Nasia scolded Asan for being ungrateful and unrighteous. However, this was to say in private that if he really wanted to leave Asan's support, Nasia's situation, which was originally weak in political foundation, would be even more difficult, and he might not even be able to sit steadily as the vice president.
Chapter completed!