Soviet Godfather - v5 Chapter 265

An Il plane with a Soviet flag landed at the Baghdad airport. At this moment, the airport greeted the guests with military music. Iraqi President Saddam stood in uniform under the scorching sun at the airport, waiting for distinguished guests from the Soviet Union, the plenipotentiary envoy appointed by Gorbachev on Kuwait, and the youngest member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the CPSU-Sergey Ivano Comrade Vichy Ulyanov.

Iraq has annexed Kuwait’s territory, but if Kuwait is to be included in Iraq’s territory legally, the opinions of the United States and the Soviet Union are crucial. However, from the perspective of international relations, the Americans are obviously more supportive of Saudi Arabia. Therefore, obtaining the Soviet Union’s understanding has become the most important task for Iraq.

Sergei’s turn slowly opened the hatch. He looked at Saddam who was looking forward to the spiral staircase, took off his hat and greeted him slightly.

“Secretary, you should say hello to the welcoming people!” Standing in the cabin, the etiquette expert sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reminded in a low voice.

Sergei lifted his hat and waved it to the welcoming crowd below, and then slowly walked down the spiral staircase under the cue of the etiquette expert.

This is the first time for Sergey Shah to participate in such a major international event. As the core leadership of the CPSU, his visits naturally cannot be compared with the past. Special planes, security personnel, and reporters are equally indispensable.

Sergei shook hands with Saddam veteran and exchanged greetings, and then shook hands with Iraqi officials under Saddam’s introduction. Although Sergey Sha was not the head of state of the Soviet Union, Saddam’s standard of treating him was no less than the treatment of the Soviet General Secretary, which can be regarded as giving Sergey enough face.

Sergei knew Saddam Hussein’s heart, that such a warm welcome to the Soviet envoy at the airport was nothing more than hoping to win the Soviet Union to stand on the Iraqi side and support their annexation of Kuwait. Saddam’s thoughts about Sergey Sha did not intend to pierce it. Sergey Sha’s original plan was to make the Americans feel that the Soviet Union had an ambiguous attitude on the Iraq issue. The Americans couldn’t figure out the attitude of the Soviets, so Sergey was also cooperating with Saddam to perform a scene for the United States to see.

A tacit welcome ceremony lasted for nearly an hour in the scorching sun. And then there was a welcome banquet held at the Republic Palace. Sergei knows in his heart that this kind of occasion is not the time to discuss key issues, but there will always be opportunities. Sergey is coming to Iraq this time. For nothing else, he will try to persuade the Iraqi side to withdraw its troops from Kuwait, although it is difficult. Many, but Sergey Sha is still very sure. He must make Saddam realize that neither the United States nor the Soviet Union would allow him to annex Kuwait.

Before the visit, Sergey Sha had arranged the election plan for Yeltsin and Sobchak. Judging from the current support rate, there is almost no suspense about being elected. So Seryosha is now focusing on Kuwait. This time his formation is very complicated. First, he will visit Iraq, then fly to Saudi Arabia to meet with the Saudi government and the Kuwaiti government-in-exile. When the affairs of the Middle East have been dealt with, Sergei Sha will fly to New York to attend the UN General Assembly. Represented Gorbachev to meet with the President of the United States.

There are too many interested parties involved in the Kuwait case. But before the United States sends troops, everything can be restored. Through the way of an international risk consulting company, Sergei knows that the United States has many worries about sending troops to Kuwait. Because they were afraid that war with Iraq would cause a lot of casualties, at this moment the Americans had overestimated Iraq’s military capabilities. They never thought that Saddam would be a paper tiger, and Saddam had too much judgment on his own situation. Optimistic, he didn’t know that danger was coming to him quietly. But one thing is certain, that is, Iraq has no intention of confronting the United States head-on.

The welcome banquet was grand and warm. Not only people from the Soviet Union participated in this banquet, but even the United States was invited to participate in today’s welcome party. In his welcome speech before the banquet, Saddam spoke highly of the relationship between the Soviet Union and Iraq. And Sergei Sha emphasized the responsibility of the Soviet team to maintain world peace during the restoration.

Throughout the banquet, Sergey Sha did not have any contact with the United States. Even when reporters asked him about the Kuwait issue, Sergey Sha still used his set of remarks on safeguarding world peace to prevaricate reporters.

“Secretary, Mr. President invites you to review the Republican Guard tomorrow?” An Iraqi receptionist walked up to Selesha and whispered.

“Thank you for the kindness of President Saddam. I am the secretary in charge of economy and agriculture, and I am more interested in agricultural production in Iraq!” Sergei replied in a low voice.

After the banquet, Sergey Sha returned to the Soviet Embassy to rest. Iraq quickly sent a new invitation to Sergey Sha to visit a farm on the outskirts of Baghdad! Sergei nodded immediately.

In the morning of the next day, Sergei and Saddam headed to a farm on the outskirts of Iraq in the same car. There were only two people in the car, Sergey and Saddam. Sergey finally had the opportunity to communicate with Saddam frankly.

“Secretary Ulyanov, regarding the issue of Kuwait, I also hope that you and Secretary Gorbachev can fully consider our Iraqi interests…”

Sergei listened patiently to Saddam’s long talk ~www.mtlnovel.com~ and was silent for a long time before slowly saying: “Mr. President, our Soviet Union, like your country, is in a serious debt crisis. We I really feel the same for the situation in Iraq! But you have to make it clear that the debt issue should not be an excuse for you to start a war. Although the Soviet Union and Kuwait are allies, we must first guarantee the Soviet Union’s own interests! The act of annexing Kuwait The Soviet Union will never admit that the reason why we do not openly antagonize Iraq is that the United States will think that we are on their side and start war against your country unscrupulously.

“Secretary Ulyanov, is this what you meant or Secretary Gorbachev?” Saddam asked in a panic.

“This is a collective vote of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In order to show our sincerity, we allow Iraq to use oil to repay our weapons debt! This is the only thing that the Soviet Union, as an ally, can do for you. Please understand our difficulties! Mr. President, if we don’t agree with your Kuwait invasion, don’t you know the attitude of the Americans? Your time is running out. I hope that after the UN General Assembly, I can see the representatives of Iraq and Kuwait sitting down. At the negotiating table in Moscow! We promise that we will not make any biased positions on the Kuwait issue before this!)