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At the critical moment of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, two high-level US officials visited Kiev, in addition to providing necessary military help, more "confidence" support to the Ukrainian side.
Judging from Ukrainian President Zelenskiy's statement after the meeting, this "trip to Kiev" has indeed achieved the most desired goal of the United States.
From left to right: U.S. Defense Secretary Austin, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken
Zelenskiy said: "I don't care what Russia thinks.
This is perhaps the toughest statement made by the Ukrainian side since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict!
In addition to this, we also see another more important message, which is that US Secretary of State Blinken said that US President Biden announced the nomination of the current US ambassador to Slovakia and veteran diplomat Bridget Brink as the next US ambassador to Ukraine.
Why did the US side appoint such a "senior" new ambassador to Ukraine at this time, knowing that the post of US ambassador to Ukraine has been vacant for three years, and what is the intention of the United States?
Before we get to the bottom of this question, let's take a look at the resume of the new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
Bridget. Brink
Bridget. Brink (hereinafter referred to as Brink) joined the US State Department in 1996, and there are media reports that she has a very close relationship with the current US Deputy Secretary of State Newland, I don't know if it is true or not, we continue to look down.
Belgrade
In 1997, the second year of Brink's tenure at the U.S. State Department, Brink was sent to the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade (the capital of Serbia) as a consular and political officer.
In those years, the Balkan Peninsula was still the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and there were many internal affairs, which were a bit chaotic, mainly the Kosovo issue, which led to a series of internal problems in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which everyone knew very well!
NATO bombed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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On March 24, 1999, the US-led NATO began a military strike against the sovereign state of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia without the authorization of the United Nations Security Council, and about 19 NATO countries participated in the 78-day indiscriminate bombing of the main serbian region.
Cyprus
The problems of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia remained unresolved, and Brink was appointed by the United States Department of State as an officer for Cyprus affairs, and then as under-secretary of state for political affairs at the time, Richard Blanc. plum. Armitage's special assistant to Europe, the president of the United States at that time was George W. Bush.
The problem of Cyprus is very complicated, you can look up some information on the Internet to see, I can also give you a simple picture to understand.
Cyprus
When we speak of the Republic of Cyprus now, we all refer to South Cyprus, which is a Republic of North Cyprus recognized only by Turkey. There are also two British military bases on the island of Cyprus and a united Nations-demarcated quarantine zone. The conflict between these two places is relatively large and has not been resolved, while South Cyprus has joined the European Union and has developed very well, while North Cyprus is a little more miserable, and nearly half of the annual financial expenditure is provided by Turkey, but the economic development has not been good.
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In 2000, the EUROPEAN Union signed the Treaty of Nice, paving the way for the EU's eastward expansion; in 2002, the euro was officially circulated, the EU invited Cyprus to join, on 1 May 2004 Cyprus officially joined the EU, and in 2008 it did not join the eurozone until 2008.
The beautiful Aegean country of Cyprus
One of the conditions for joining the EU is that the question of territorial disputes cannot exist.
In fact, the territorial problem of Cyprus has existed for a long time in history, and it has to be said that the final "method" of settlement is indeed clever, and it is indispensable to the good offices of some important figures.
Georgia
In 2005, Brink, who successfully completed his "mission," was appointed head of politics and economy in Tbilisi, Georgia, and as can be seen from the title, it was a "special affairs" appointment until 2008.
It was also because of this experience that later in 2018, when the United States wanted to appoint her as the U.S. ambassador to Georgia, it was reported that the Georgian authorities categorically refused, believing that she had "close ties" with former President Saakashvili.
The question of South Ossetia
However, the Georgian side denied this claim. But there are no winds and no waves, and many things make people have to think. The problem of Georgia, a Transcaucasian region, has always existed, and Stalin, although a Georgian in the Soviet period, also carried out a severe suppression of Georgia.
On the other hand, NATO's eastward expansion has always been the biggest headache for Russia.
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Since August 1, 2008, there have been many exchanges of fire in Georgia, on the one hand, the Georgian government on the one hand, and south Ossetia, which declared independence on the other, and the Georgian government, which was too confident in the commitment of the United States, chose to launch a blatant and powerful attack on South Ossetia on August 8, 2008 (the opening day of the Beijing Olympic Games), which eventually led to a large-scale "Russo-Georgian war".
Russo-Georgian War
Of course, the powerful Russia did not let this "conspiracy" succeed, and it took less than half a month to completely solve the problem of South Ossetia, but it also exposed Russia's shortcomings in information-based warfare capabilities.
Regional Director of the Aegean and South Caucasus
From 2008 to 2009, Brink briefly served as Deputy Director of Southern European Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, joined the U.S. National Security Council from 2009 to 2010, and served as Director of the Aegean and South Caucasus Regions, assisting U.S. foreign policy and promoting relations between countries near the Aegean and South Caucasus (Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia) with the United States.
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In 2009, Greece suddenly made public its poor government finances, which were actually caused by the emergence of innovative financial instruments that led to the financial crisis of that year, and the economic stimulus of European countries directly led to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe.
Curriculum vitae after 2010
From 2011 to 2015, he served as deputy director of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia, and the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 2015 to 2018 as deputy assistant secretary of state for the Eurasian Affairs Bureau of the U.S. Department of State, and as U.S. ambassador to Slovakia in 2019.
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There are many things that happened in between, but we will only give one example, which happened in Slovakia last year.
China and former Czechoslovakia established diplomatic relations on October 6, 1949, and on January 1, 1993, the Slovak Republic became an independent sovereign state, which China recognized and established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level. Moreover, the treaties and agreements signed between China and the Czech Federation agreed upon by the two sides will continue to be valid for Slovakia, following the previous october 6, 1949, as the date of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
In recent years, Slovakia and China have been relatively close, and there are many activities and cooperation on the construction of the "Belt and Road", and the trade volume between the two sides has increased year by year, with bilateral trade reaching 6.91 billion euros in 2020, of which Slovakia's exports to China increased by 21.1%.
A Slovak delegation of 43 people visited Taiwan
On December 5, 2021, the Slovak Ministry of Economy's parliamentary secretary, Gereck, led a 43-person "visiting delegation" to Taiwan, including 18 officials from Slovak ministries and 25 representatives of the space, biotechnology, semiconductor and other industries.
After the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, its domestic political situation has undergone great changes, and the rise to power of anti-China politicians has cast a shadow on Sino-Sri Lankan relations, just like the Czech Senate Speaker visited Taiwan in 2020, and some politicians in Slovakia jumped out and acted as anti-China vanguards.
【Conclusion】
At this sensitive moment, the United States once again nominated this diplomat who "specializes in European hotspots" as the US ambassador to Ukraine, and this ambassador also visited slovakia's border with Ukraine on February 25 this year (the day after the Russian-Ukrainian conflict), which has to remind us of these previous regional hotspots.
We would like to ask: What exactly does the United States want to do?
【Some information source Red Star News】