Chapter 1312: Second Hand Dealers

The meeting lasted until today, in fact, more than two months have passed, the heads of state gathered in Stockholm, naturally running to end the negotiations and sign the documents, otherwise come what?

Indian Prime Minister Shastri was undoubtedly the busiest person, no matter whether it was Aydin or Kosygin, they all fought with the attitude of pulling the strings on India, and met with this Indian Prime Minister.

Although it is said that after India was beaten up by a big country, the international influence has seen a huge decline, but in front of such rivals as Pakistan, Britain and the Soviet Union are still both recognized India is a big country with a reputation, but also with practical action, to provide this time to India’s help.

Shastri in taking back the occupied territories at the same time, or more concerned about India’s current suffer peace teach the world oil embargo, oil is the blood of modern industry, can not just only play the role of refueling.

The chemical industry also needs oil, once India cut off the import of oil, the Indian chemical industry will be paralyzed.

The chemical industry includes the basic chemical industry and plastics, synthetic fibers, petroleum, rubber, pharmaceuticals, dyes, etc., each of which is extremely important to people’s livelihood. The oil crisis launched by the Arab countries against Europe and the United States has directly caused the national economy of Europe and the United States, including the United States, to regress, and the power of this can be seen.

This is also counted in this era, Europe and the United States are solid industrial powerhouse, if replaced by a few decades later to the tertiary industry-based society, the trauma caused will only be greater.

The Congress Party is also a political party that advocates industrialization, Nehru was alive when he attached great importance to the development of industry, India itself does not have oil resources, but to develop industry, oil of course, also comes from the Middle East. But the Middle East this time with practical action to show that people are on the side of Pakistan.

Shastri to Aidan for help India suffered an oil embargo, also fell in the eyes of Alan Wilson, the heart can not help but sigh, no matter in which time and space, India will face the same problem. Oil is a non-negligible weakness on India, agricultural problems to see round onions, industrial problems to see oil. Even the old fairy can not solve these two problems.

Even decades later, India’s development is also tightly bound by oil, a big country can also rely on its own resources to solve part of the Indian that is really no solution at all. As if the oil resources are distributed along the British India outside the scope of the whole British India, including Pakistan, there is no such resources.

For this reason, India in Europe and the United States unanimously sanctioned Russia’s situation, but also eyes closed as not seen, must import discounted oil.

When Iran suffered sanctions, India also tried its best to be on the side of helping Iran to lift sanctions, which are no oil resources to make a scene.

“If Britain forces the Arab world to lift the ban, this will only make the local Arabs unhappy with Britain.” Alan Wilson from the beginning of the conspiracy to contact the Arab countries to open the oil embargo, has already thought of a solution, today just to use, “Now out of religious feelings, the whole of the Arab and even the whole of the peaceful religion of the country are very dissatisfied with India. If you want to solve India’s energy crisis, you can only rely on areas where religion has no influence.”

In Alan Wilson’s reminder, Aidan immediately understand the Cabinet Secretary pointed to where, to Shastri opened, “South Sudan in Africa, local oil resources, through the British Kenya’s oil pipeline has been constructed, the local mainstream beliefs of South Sudan and the Arab countries have nothing to do with it, is considered to be a reliable source of oil. Of course Malaya also has oil resources, but the local Malays are also a religious belief with Pakistan, so India faces few options.”

“This? I wonder what the price is.” Shastri was still hoping that Britain would lift the Arab embargo on oil to India, and didn’t Britain still have troops stationed in the Middle East?

This is impossible, what good does this do to Britain, now is not the period of British India, Britain why because of India, offend the protectorate in the Middle East?

So Aidan said directly, the UK is not without asking the mouth in this regard, but the attitude of the Arab countries are very tough, the UK is not good to push too much.

“I do not know the oil of South Sudan, what is the price?” Shastri is a little bitter, Indian industry because of the oil embargo has come to a halt, this time the oil embargo on India’s damage is really not small.

This is of course, why Allen Wilson embargoed India’s oil, is not to see how much India was affected the following year, and then give the European side a wake-up call?

But such an occasion to show the unity of Britain and India, he can only be in business, South Sudan’s oil can indeed be provided to India, but South Sudan is also independent, that is not the UK’s own stuff, even if it is the UK’s, but also can not be sold cheaply to India, “This also has to be communicated to the South Sudanese side of the Indian River, of course, the UK is willing to play a role as a bridge in the middle of the process. ”

Now India is no choice, Arab countries have embargoed India’s case, India’s choice is almost none, of course, can also choose the Soviet Union, but the Soviet Union’s oil?

Oil and gas can be different, gas pipelines are cost cutting, but oil is the least expensive by sea.

India is in a good place geographically, close to the Persian Gulf, but all the countries in the Persian Gulf, almost all of them, don’t have a good feeling about India. The first is because of the presence of Pakistan, and the second is because of the sectarian conflict within India, which breaks a big story every now and then. Otherwise India wouldn’t be licking after Iran in later times.

South Sudan’s oil, later a big country is the first big buyer, because of the industrial scale of the reason a big country needs a lot of oil, and the United States in the Middle East dominance, a big country must share the risk, can not let their own energy is too dependent on the United States focus on the Middle East.

But now it’s different, the UK controls the oil of South Sudan and can provide an alternative for India, a dilemma that the Soviet Union is temporarily unable to help India with.

As for Britain’s role, it’s a good job of being a second-tier trafficker, which is one of the main reasons why India imports Russian oil in later times. Importing Russian oil to sell to Europe. India’s diesel exports hit a one-year high, of which nearly one-third was sold to Europe, and the price of diesel in Europe in recent months rose by one hundred dollars per ton, India relies on being a middleman to earn the difference in price to earn a lot of money.

With South Sudan’s oil supply to India, the initiative is in the hands of the United Kingdom, which Aidan is also very recognized, Shastri this time to Stockholm is still very busy, he also had to go to meet with the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Kosygin to fight for support, and soon left Aidan’s room.

“The Soviet Union also attaches great importance to India.” When Shastri left, Aydin had a feeling, “Why do many countries in this world want to have good relations with the Soviet Union?”

“The Soviet Union is indeed a powerful country. Prime Minister! The influence cannot be ignored.” Alan Wilson laughed bitterly, not to mention the Soviet Union after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has been sanctioned like that, countries as well as many pro-Russian forces.

The real anti-Russian countries in Eastern Europe that several, the United States, of course, also want to completely put Russia down, the United Kingdom do not necessarily have to put Russia how. It’s just that the UK has been tied to the US for a long time now.

The United States really want to target a country, Britain can only follow. Originally, the UK and a major country is still a golden decade, think of a better future, Huawei event UK still want to resist resistance, said did not find out Huawei’s backdoor, but ultimately the arm is still unable to argue with the thigh, and the United States to take an attitude.

Leaving Aidan’s room, Alan Wilson hand in his pants pocket aimlessly wandering up, and then saw an acquaintance, the KGB officer, at this time suited and booted, is the age of splendor.

Alexeyev also saw him, the two looked at each other, each sizing each other up, Allen Wilson spoke first, “You still wear a uniform more pleasant, how? Are you scouting for infiltration destinations, ready to make a big splash in a different place?”

“Sir Wilson, long time no see.” Faced with such words of being named, Alexeyev chose to evade and greeted the Briton with a smile, “This time, the Soviet Union and Britain are mediating the Indo-Pakistani conflict together, and it is considered a good start for our two countries in terms of interstate cooperation. Don’t bring the smell of gunpowder whenever you open your mouth, the two countries still have to get along for a long time.”

“Right, get along for a long time.” Alan Wilson almost laughed out loud, saying that it is right to get along for a long time, I just don’t know whether it will be called USSR or Russia at that time.

With a nod of his head in greeting, Allen Wilson left the other man’s sight, and the Queen of Sweden at night moved the pillows and both blankets out and lay down. The warmth of the nesting bed, the coolness of the night, the low curtain of a star-filled sky that seems to hang over your eyelids. What more could you ask for in life?!

Three days later, in the presence of British Prime Minister Aidan and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Kosygin, President Ayub Khan of Pakistan and Prime Minister Shastri of India signed the Stockholm Declaration, in which India and Pakistan reached an agreement on the resumption of normal diplomatic relations between the two countries, the withdrawal of troops of the two sides to their pre-war stations respectively, and discussions on the economy, refugees, and a number of other issues.

The Declaration did not mention the holding of a plebiscite in Kashmir to determine its belonging in accordance with United Nations resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people, but only generalized “non-interference in each other’s internal affairs” and “settlement of disputes between them not by the use of force but by peaceful means”.

This is normal, why should the Kashmir issue be resolved, and the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union can not solve this problem, to be resolved but also India and Pakistan themselves to solve, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union can facilitate a declaration, has been accountable to the domestic, as for India and Pakistan on how to account for the domestic, that is none of their business.

The Soviet Union expanded its influence, the United Kingdom also maintains good relations with India, but also can pull strings to do oil traffickers, as for India and Pakistan how, that is not important at all.