Chapter 258： New Zealand to take back Auckland Islands

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When the New Zealand foreign minister got the official reply from Tuvalu, he almost had a heart attack. book

"Tuvalu does not accept any country's interference in Tuvalu's internal affairs in any way."

Who wants to interfere in the internal affairs of your country? The matter of your purchase of armaments is no longer your country's internal affairs, okay?

The foreign minister of New Zealand slapped the table and cursed: "A country with a big fart, half a year ago, it was begging for us to let New Zealand take in immigrants from your country. Now that it is rich, it is trembling?"

If it was half a year ago, how could Tuvalu dare to talk to the foreign minister of New Zealand like this? But now Tuvalu is no longer the country that used to be. When the king visited New Zealand, he only needed one foreign ministry official to handle the whole process.

Therefore, the foreign minister of New Zealand scolded him, and knew that he could not handle Tuvalu. This matter still needs to be discussed by the cabinet again.

Because it concerns the national security of New Zealand, the cabinet meeting was held again because of Tuvalu in a very short period of time.

"What do you think?" asked the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

The Foreign Minister of New Zealand couldn't wait to say: "I think we should withdraw the previous agreement to sell the Auckland Islands immediately, and directly nationalize the Auckland Islands before they start large-scale immigration."

"Are you kidding?" New Zealand's trade minister became anxious and said, "Tuvalu's expenses have been fully settled. We will take it back at this time. Do you think they are willing?"

The foreign minister sneered and said, "Why can't we accept it? We originally sold the Auckland Islands to Tuvalu under the pressure of public opinion. Now, Tuvalu has enough strength to solve their own difficulties. , at this time, why not take back the Auckland Islands?"

The Minister of Trade cursed in his heart. He also knew that it would be best to take back the Auckland Islands at this time, but he had received bribes from Tuvalu when he sold the Auckland Islands. If he took back the Auckland Islands at this time, Tuvalu would Definitely going to make an announcement about it.

Although there is no real evidence to prove that he has accepted bribes, anyone with a discerning eye can understand this kind of thing. Whether there is evidence or not will have a great impact on his reputation.

"Even if we take back the Auckland Islands, what can we do?" The Minister of Trade can only solve the problem from another angle, saying: "The distance between Tuvalu mainland and our New Zealand is different from the distance between the Auckland Islands and our New Zealand. , but none of them can escape the range of Dongfeng-21 ballistic missiles, let alone submarines or warships. Doing so will not only directly offend Tuvalu, but also fail to prevent their military purchases, so what’s the point?"

Some people agreed with the words of the Minister of Trade.

There were also objections, such as the Secretary of Defense.

"That's true, but if we take back the Auckland Islands, there will be no place for Tuvalu to build a military base. You must know that there must be relevant military bases to accommodate so many armaments. Tuvalu's The mainland is only 26 square kilometers, how can a military base be built in such a large place? Their citizens are still living there.”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs also said: "Yes, the size of the country is a very critical issue. According to what we have learned, Tuvalu has chosen an island in the Auckland Islands that is specially used as a military base, with an area of ​​more than 26 square kilometers. That is to say, if we take back the Auckland Islands, it will be impossible for Tuvalu to build a military base, and this military purchase will naturally be cancelled.”

After listening to the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Defense, many people who participated in this cabinet meeting agreed. Only a very small number of people who received bribes from Tuvalu at the beginning did not follow their speculations.

The Minister of Trade found another reason and said: "So, if we breach the contract and take back the Auckland Islands, how much will we lose?"

"We breached the contract?" The Minister of Defense raised his voice and said, "This is clearly Tuvalu's breach of contract. Could it be that there was a clause in the contract we signed to sell the island that allowed Tuvalu to build such a huge military force? I remember It is clearly written in the contract that Tuvalu shall not affect New Zealand's national security in any way!"

The Minister of Foreign Affairs made sufficient preparations, and directly took out a copy of the original island sale contract, and after each distributed a copy, he said: "It is indeed very clearly written in the contract that Tuvalu shall not affect the island in any way. New Zealand’s national security. However, this kind of thing was originally a war of words. Let alone buying conventional armaments and weapons, even if he has a nuclear bomb, he can also say that he will not use it to deny that it threatens the country of New Zealand Safety."

"In the matter of verbal wars, whoever has the bigger fist has always been more reasonable." After looking at the relevant clauses of the contract, the Minister of Defense said: "Not only have they not obtained the armaments, but they have not even completed the construction of the army. At this time, Why is he fighting us hard?"

Seeing that the situation seemed to be out of his control, the Minister of Trade said, "Don't forget how tough Tuvalu was in the previous diplomatic incident between Tuvalu and Japan. Our military strength is not as strong as Japan's."

The Minister of Defense said dismissively: "Yes, our military strength is indeed inferior to that of Japan, but you must not forget how far Japan is from Tuvalu, and how close we are to Tuvalu. Moreover, Japan was not It’s unreasonable, and if we mobilize public opinion, I believe the whole world will support us.”

"The whole world?" Someone was puzzled.

"That's right, why do you think Tuvalu buys armaments from China? Instead of buying from the United States and Russia, which are established arms exporters?" The Minister of Defense explained: "That's because no one is willing to sell them, no People want this cake to have its own defense force."

"So, what if Tuvalu asks for compensation?" Someone asked: "It is no exaggeration to say that their investment in New Tuvalu has exceeded tens of billions of dollars. Do we still have to spend tens of billions of dollars to pay for it?" Compensate them?"

"Why do we need compensation?" The Minister of Defense said coldly: "They have breached the contract, so not only do we not need to pay even a penny of compensation, we can even ask them to pay us compensation, for example, they The airport and port built in the Auckland Islands, I believe, will provide a great boost to the development of our New Zealand."

Airports, ports, residential areas, with these infrastructures, New Zealand can continue to develop the tourism resources of the Auckland Islands, which is of course very beneficial to them.

After a heated debate, New Zealand's cabinet meeting confirmed a bill, which was then voted on by parliament.

Although Burns sent tens of millions of dollars in bribes at that time, which directly led to the Auckland Islands transaction, at this time, none of those who received the bribes dared to stand up and deny the proposal.

When New Zealand announced the bill directly to the outside world, the whole world was shocked. After Tuvalu's US$30 billion military purchase case was disclosed, there have been various conjectures and predictions about the consequences of this incident, but no one could have imagined that New Zealand would be so decisive and directly announce the withdrawal The Auckland Islands have been sold.

In the image of the world, although New Zealand is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, and the governor is also canonized by the Queen of England, it has always developed its own economy with peace of mind. The country's army is at most behind Australia's ass, acting as a second knife .

It is not an exaggeration to say that New Zealand is indifferent to the world. Why did it so decisively make its own voice at this time?

Do you not hesitate to tear up the previous agreement supported by the whole world?

At this time, Li Daniu, who got the news, scolded a few times, and hurriedly turned on the TV, because the press conference in New Zealand was about to be held. (To be continued.)

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