Chapter 370： Treaty of Odessa (Part 1)

Romania and Ukraine are very sincere about the peace talks. So they quickly decided on the location of the talks, which was in Odessa, Ukraine's largest port city.

The Romanian representative was led by Prime Minister Bretianu, and of course Barnosque, Minister of Foreign Affairs, would not miss it. In addition, there were personnel from the industrial, commercial, and financial sectors accompanying him. The Ukrainian delegation was led by Prime Minister Morakov, accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Tolskov, Minister of Finance Tikol, and Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Nomitov. Almost half of them moved from Ukraine. A senior government official can see that this time the peace talks in Ukraine are extremely important.

After the delegations from both sides arrived, they came to the city hall of Odessa, where the peace talks were held. The Ukrainian group looked at the Odessa City Hall, which was supposed to be guarded by their own guards, but was now guarded by Romanian soldiers. The group felt uncomfortable. The Romanian delegation who walked into the city hall with them was completely different. They were all indifferent to them, but they only smiled slightly when shaking hands.

A long table covered with white cloth, with dozens of chairs and chairs placed on both sides, and cement-colored corners were exposed in the corners. This not solemn or even rudimentary parliament hall was the place where they negotiated.

After the two parties took their seats, Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Barnoske took the lead and said: "There is not enough time and the place is relatively simple. Don't be surprised."

Facing a hostile speech by the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Morakov, Prime Minister of Ukraine, pointed out unceremoniously: "Your Excellency, your words are not fair. Odessa is our inherent territory, and we have not signed anything. The treaty gave up the sovereignty of this territory. So, to be precise, it should be because there is not enough time and the place is crude. Welcome back to Odessa."

Prime Minister Morakov’s sensitive words about diplomatic vocabulary surprised the Romanian negotiators a bit. You know that there are not few heads of government who understand diplomacy, but the Ukrainian government has only been established for a year, and it is not easy for this Prime Minister Morakov to figure out the doorway. The fact that the genuine Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian government did not respond to this is a sign that he is completely insensitive to this.

Seeing Prime Minister Morakov pointed out his mistake, Barnosk said casually: "I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention."

"I hope your Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs will pay attention.

Facing Barnosk's nonchalant tone, Morakov could only endure it.

Prime Minister Bretianu was watching the quarrel between the Ukrainian prime minister and the foreign minister. In fact, Barnosk was deliberately wrong. This is also a little trick before negotiations, which can help them test the level of Ukrainian negotiators. At present, it seems that the Ukrainian prime minister still has a qualified diplomatic standard. Then, the main negotiation needs to suppress the prime minister.

After seeing Barnosq complete his mission, Prime Minister Bretianu knocked on the table and said. "Okay, let's stop struggling with these small issues. Peace negotiations will start now."

After seeing that no one opposed it, he signaled that Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Barnosque could tell Romania’s conditions. After receiving the Prime Minister’s signal, Barnoske took out a list that had already been drawn up and stated Romania’s conditions.

"Everyone, the following are our conditions for this peace talks. First of all, this fight was caused by the border conflict between the two sides. Therefore, in order to plan the areas of the respective borders more clearly, we propose to re-divide the borders."

Facing Barnosk’s first article, Morakov immediately objected. "I object. There is no problem with the border between our two sides. The border between Russia and your country is already very reasonable, and after the Brest Treaty, after the birth of our new government, you have no right to propose such a proposal. Claim."

In response to Prime Minister Morakov’s objection, Barnosk glanced at him, and then said blankly: “The current situation in Russia is turbulent, so we must reconsider the demarcation of the border. And the Brest treaty is Germany’s We have never acknowledged the signing with the Soviet Russian regime."

Facing Barnosk’s words, Morakov was preparing to refute. At this time, Prime Minister Bretianu, who was the head of the Romanian negotiating delegation, interrupted and said: "Your Excellency, let us finish it first. Let us. Having enough time to negotiate the terms is also a basic diplomatic etiquette."

Facing Prime Minister Bretianu who had spoken, Morakov held back his retort and motioned to Barnosk to continue speaking. Then he glanced at him, sitting next to him, like a wooden stake, the representative of the foreign minister Tolskov, and then he took a pose of listening carefully. It's just that no one knows what's in my heart.

After seeing no one interrupted, Barnoske continued. "Secondly, Eastern Moldavia has always been a gathering place for our Romanians. The people living here have been oppressed during the Russian era. In order to avoid being oppressed, the local people have decided to return to the Kingdom of Romania. With the embrace of the country, your government must not obstruct the demands of the people in the region. So we hope to merge with the East Moldavia region."

"Third According to our investigation, this conflict was caused by your harm to our soldier Dolk. Therefore, you must apologize and compensate us for our losses and troop costs. Compensation for the personal injury of our killed soldier Dork and the mental compensation of his family totaled 280,000 lei. In addition, the total cost of our troop dispatch this time was 2.7 billion lei."

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Barnoske crackled a lot with the proposed conditions, but mainly the first three. As for the latter, I only talked about the leftovers such as trade, personnel exchanges, and mutual communication. And while he was talking, he observed the expressions of the Ukrainian representatives, but these people were all serious expressions with no extraneous expressions, but he estimated that few of them could fully understand them.

"Finally, the issue of our troop withdrawal. Before receiving the compensation and the cost of sending troops, we have the right to station and train in the area where we are currently located. In addition, in view of the poor security conditions in the region, we have to protect our rights and interests in the region Patrols will arrest every person who tries to commit a crime. Of course, according to the nationality of the victim, the trial will be handed over to my country or you."

When Barnosk finished speaking, he took out a list and handed it to the representative of Ukraine, and then said: "This is a list of troop expenditures. Please check it out."

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