Chapter 791: The Mir Space Station
"Minister Asif, it's a pleasure to meet you." Shake hands one by one and talk to these people cordially.
At the completion of the meeting ceremony, **** also improvised a speech, facing the lens of the camera, the Russian leader opposite is no longer such a twilight old man, no longer giving people the image of bureaucracy, this is a vigorous man, full of the unique masculinity of Russian men, as if indicating the future of Russia, will be full of new vitality like this person.
"It is a great honour for me to come to Pakistan this time, and Mr. ********** was here before our great alliance was dissolved. Now, I know that my arrival has brought many media magazines to the attention of readers, and even put my profile picture on the front page of the newspaper. ****'s words made the reporters below laugh, this leader is completely different from the previous polar bear leaders, and it seems to be a Western style.
"Why did you choose to come to Pakistan? Of course, for the sake of the interests of our Russia, for the sake of the friendship and cooperation between our two countries, the Soviet Union has collapsed, the Cold War is over, please some people stop looking at us with the mentality of the Cold War, for us Russia, the most important thing now is to get rid of economic problems, so that our traumatized people can regain confidence in the ruble, and to Pakistan, we are here to seek cooperation between the two sides, only cooperation, can achieve a win-win situation. ”
Compared to the United States, for the sake of its own face, it even increased its tariffs to oppress China, as a result, China did not give in, but the American economy deteriorated, and now, the Russian leader can abandon the Cold War mentality. Investing in economic construction made all reporters very emotional, because Russia is no longer the Soviet Union of the past, and it is able to stand on the land of the former opposing countries and discuss cooperation between them. Through cooperation, a win-win situation is achieved!
With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the concept in the minds of Russians has changed, peace and development are the main theme of the world, and the struggle for hegemony is just a name, although it sounds good and domineering, but. But it tastes bitter. Thinking of the United States, now it is taking the wrong path.
When it comes to fooling people, the **** is definitely at the level of Uncle Zhao, between the country and the country, what remains eternal is the interest!
Arrived at the presidential palace in Islamabad, where Mhammad hosted a banquet to entertain guests from afar, and the friendly dialogue between the two sides also kicked off at the banquet.
"**** President. Thanks to the joint efforts of both sides, the ice has begun to clear. We have to work together to achieve a win-win situation, and your presentation was fantastic. Mhammad said.
"President Khamad, in terms of economic development, we in Russia still have a long way to go and a lot of work to do." Said to Mhammad: "We Russia. Due to the long-term Songun program of the Soviet era, our heavy industry was extremely developed, but the light industry was somewhat backward, and now there is a shortage of domestic necessities. The rise in prices and the depreciation of the ruble are almost all related to these. ”
Mhamad nodded, the Soviet Union has developed like this for decades, and now it is really difficult to change, and Pakistan has a considerable advantage in this regard.
"Our light industry in Pakistan is quite developed." "We can do business with each other, and, I have another proposal, we can cut each other's tariffs," Mhammad said. ”
In addition to increasing fiscal revenue, tariffs have made a greater contribution to protecting domestic enterprises, for example, in China, imposing high tariffs on imported automobiles in order to protect the country's automobile industry.
In later generations of China, those state-owned enterprises are representatives who do not want to forge ahead, and those who have mastered advanced manufacturing and R&D technology are all in private enterprises, which is also the inherent drawback of state-owned enterprises.
Now, the reduction of tariffs on both sides, the advantage is that it can reduce the price of Pakistani goods that enter the Russian market for circulation, and now Russia is in urgent need of reform, and the people are also in urgent need of seeing the changes in life brought about by the **** coming to power, only the supermarket is full of goods, no longer have to queue up to shop, the ruble in hand, can buy more things, the people will be convinced by the **** government.
Hearing Mhammad's words, **** nodded: "We also have this idea, if we can reach an agreement on the reduction of tariffs between the two sides, we can both enjoy real benefits." Of course, we also want to sell our products to your country. ”
It is foreseeable that after the tariff is cut, the goods from Pakistan will occupy a large number of Russian markets, and even the trend of dumping will be formed, and Russia will form a trade deficit, which will be unfavorable to the Russian economy in the long run.
Moreover, another reason is that Russia's current ruble is worthless, and the consignee is absolutely unwilling to use the ruble to settle accounts for imported goods, and Russia's economy is almost collapsing now, and the domestic foreign exchange reserves, whether it is the dollar, or the pound, etc., are pitifully small, and even the gold reserves have been lost in the ********** era. Russia wants to import large quantities of light industrial products, but it does not have enough currency to buy them, and can only export goods, or even trade in a barter manner.
"Yes, Russia also has an incomparable advantage in heavy industry." "We also need Russia's advantages in heavy industry to complement each other, especially in aerospace, and we hope to be able to develop synergistically with Russia and make progress together," Mhammad said to ****. ”
Aerospace! Although Pakistan's space technology has made great progress, and even has the ability to send satellites into low-earth orbit, Pakistan's overall technology is still too poor, and Russia, which has inherited the mantle of the Soviet Union, can only be compared with the United States in terms of space technology.
Among them, the most important is manned space technology!
However, the meaning of Mhammad is obvious, not simply to introduce Russian products, but to develop together!
What to introduce? Introducing the Soyuz spacecraft? I'm afraid Russia doesn't sell it either!
"Oh? I wonder how you plan to cooperate with us in the field of aerospace? **** asked Mhammad.
"You have a well-established manned space capability, and we hope that you will train astronauts for us to take off in your Soyuz spacecraft and enter the Mir orbital space station for a period of spaceflight." Mhammad said.
Mir space station! As in history, this space station continues to serve, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, with the deterioration of Russia's economy, Russia simply cannot afford to carry out more space programs, and this space station is also temporarily closed and unattended.
In the field of astronautics, the Americans took the path of the space shuttle, while the Soviets carried out the exploration of the space station, and later generations have proved that the path taken by the Americans is wrong, originally planned to fly thousands of times, and the result is that the maximum flight is less than a hundred, because of the reliability of all the retirement, in the future of the International Space Station, the Americans also need to use the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to enter space, the United States has no means of manned spaceflight!
Pakistan now has enough economic strength to support its own manned space program, which will take a long time and require Pakistan's continuous technological progress, and now, borrowing Russian equipment and training its own personnel is a far-sighted plan.
For Russia, the training center and supporting equipment are complete, and it is also a very good choice to help Pakistan train astronauts, and it can also get a lot of money, and it is also a very good choice to reactivate Mir.
"Okay, we agree." Said.
"In the second project, we want to get involved in your GLONASS Global Navigation Satellite System, including using our technology to upgrade your navigation satellites and make them last longer." "At the same time, we will promote the navigation system so that it has more users," Mhammad continued. ”
Satellite Navigation System! Now, the only thing that can be put into normal use in the world is the GPS system of the United States, which has now played a huge role in the war, such as the joint attack munition first manufactured by Pakistan that uses GPS modules to guide, which is low-cost, high-precision, and not affected by the weather. At the same time, navigation systems will gradually develop in transportation and other fields, and have important uses.
Now, this kind of system is completely in the hands of the Americans, which is not good for Pakistan's national defense and security, and if Pakistan has any conflict with the United States, the United States will certainly play tricks on it.
Needless to say, the United States, even the Europeans can't fully trust the United States, so they came up with the Galileo Global Navigation Program, but unfortunately, the Europeans are pulling each other's urine nature, so that this seemingly very advanced navigation system has not been put into use for a long time.
At this time, Huaxia's navigation satellite system was still in the exploration stage, so Mhammad thought of cooperating with the Russians. (To be continued.) )