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Text: Mo Hanxue
Edited by Mo Hanxue
[Preface]
The current international situation is becoming more and more complex, and there are many variables and uncertainties in order to develop normally in such a context.
Recently, our country is very lively, representatives of many countries have come to us, looking for new directions of cooperation, for the countries that sincerely seek cooperation, we also have the greatest enthusiasm, will not let these guests come in vain.
However, we will not sit idly by and let anything happen that may harm our interests, because if we want to cooperate, we must show a sincere attitude.
For example, Milley, who we are going to talk about today, finally realized after four months of shock therapy that only our country can "save" Argentina now, so he urgently changed his previous tone.
So, what did Milley do to our country before, and for what reason did he regret it?
【Current situation in Argentina】
You know, when Milley was not in office, his attitude towards our country was not friendly at all, and in August last year, Milley was still in the role of a candidate for president.
In the course of the interview, he targeted and suppressed us in various ways, and even brazenly stated that he wanted Argentina to cut ties with our country, which directly affected the relations between the two countries.
At the same time, Milley has also promoted a lot of rumors from the West that we are not only unwilling to make deals with our country, which makes us wonder if Milley is now embarrassed by his previous behavior.
At the end of the year after being elected president, Milley publicly stated that under his own management, Argentina would focus on diplomatic exchanges with the United States, Israel and other countries in the future, while China, Russia and other countries were not on their cooperation list.
As if to prove his "determination", Milley also gave up his plan to join the BRICS this year, hoping to let other countries see that Argentina has now gained economic freedom through such an act.
But now there are only four months before Milley comes to power, and if he doesn't come, he can't hold on, and his attitude towards our country has directly reversed to the limit, and his attitude has changed from the previous toughness to the current friendliness.
And Argentina is also under the "hard" management of Milley, and its economy is on the verge of collapse, not only did not lead Argentina to new heights, but left behind a mess.
This is mainly due to the fact that Milley has taken shock therapy against Argentina since he came to power, that is, he has cut a number of government personnel, abolished the central bank, and cut the cabinet of 18 departments in half.
Not only that, but he exchanged Argentina's local currency for dollars, and the consequence of this was that the Argentine economy suffered a significant decline, especially since Milley also eliminated many subsidies for civil servants and suspended the implementation of local infrastructure.
The country's poverty rate has skyrocketed to 57 percent, and inflation has reached 276 percent, which is higher than the previous 20 years.
Mass protests began, and there were many strikes in the area to oppose Milley's continuation of such a policy, but the results were not very good.
Even Bloomberg couldn't stand it, saying that the local economy was in a state of fragmentation one after another, which has a lot to do with the decoupling of our country, after all, there is a lot of cooperation between our country and Argentina.
At this time, some friends may be curious, what is the reason for Milley to change his tone?
[Misai who is to blame]
As an important importer in the region, we have a rich cooperation with Argentina, and we are also the second largest buyer of local exports, which means that the cooperation between Argentina and us is very important to them.
It is a pity that Milley did not seem to see the importance of cooperating with us before, and led Argentina directly to the path of "destruction", which is completely self-inflicted and unworthy of sympathy.
In fact, it is not entirely unreasonable for Milley to act like this, on the contrary, there are successful cases of shock therapy, like Poland before, but when such a policy is implemented, it needs to be supported by external funding.
After Argentina disconnects with us, it means that their local economy is not circulating, so Milley will fail, because his behavior is self-defeating, which is very undesirable for the development of the country.
Some time ago, the local Senate voted to reject a decree signed by Milley, and from this incident, we can also see that the policies introduced by Milley have reached a state of distrust.
Now that the local economy is declining and reforms are impossible, Milley has had to take steps to regain his lost popularity, and the domestic economy needs outside help.
So he turned his attention back to our country, and wanted to establish cooperation with our country, and then through this behavior, he could accomplish his own goals.
So, how did Milley achieve his goal?
【Mondino is about to visit China】
According to local media reports, we can see that the Argentine foreign minister is about to visit our country, and in addition to visiting our country, she will also go to France, Belgium and other countries for about 10 days.
Mondino will be in our country from the 28th to the 30th of this month, and during her visit, she will also bring business representatives from various export sectors in Argentina, such as the governor of the local central bank.
The main purpose of this trip was to find investment and promote trade relations between Argentina and other countries, so she made our country the first stop on the course of her visit and stayed in our country for three days.
It is reported that during the visit to our country, Mondino will meet with our Minister Wang Yi and other leaders to discuss issues of common concern to the two countries and help bridge the previous estrangement between the two countries.
At the same time, most of these issues are related to economic issues, such as the investment of strategic resources, after all, the main purpose of this visit is to invest in cooperation, so it is likely to be carried out around these issues.
Of course, there will not be only one purpose, otherwise it would not have taken great pains to come, and the other purpose of Mondino this time is to try to facilitate the previous currency swap between the Argentine monetary authority and our bank worth 18 billion US dollars.
In Argentina's view, the currency swap agreement with our country is the largest source of foreign exchange reserves of the local central bank, and some people in the local area have said that the funds will be used for import financing, so they still need to renew about $5 billion from this project.
Perhaps because of his previous poor attitude, in order to have a better conversation and make himself more confident, Mondino also met with the Chinese ambassador stationed there before leaving, which laid the foundation for the visit.
Judging from Montino's itinerary, she wants to find investment to the greatest extent possible, and the local area is ready to cast a wide net, after all, eggs cannot be put in the same basket.
However, if we want to cooperate with our country and other countries, there is a lot of uncertainty, and it is very likely that the visit will not be very fruitful, and in the end it will become more than worth the loss.
In addition, we need to know that before announcing that Mondino was coming to our country for a visit, Milley also did a good thing, which was to give a televised speech one night, in which he said that the situation that Argentina is experiencing is very difficult.
But the actions of the masses for this are worth it, and they also boast about their achievements, and want to change everyone's minds in this way, and his behavior, we can boil it down to no way, the local situation is already very bad.
However, Argentina's behavior is a defensive act for our country, after all, Milley also made a move to withdraw from the BRICS, which has brought certain losses to our country and other countries of the BRICS.
This, coupled with Milley's previous remarks, has caused a rift in the friendship between the two countries, after all, no one wants to see someone who is their friend stabbing us in the back.
So for Argentina, it is not as easy as they imagined if they want to rebuild relations with us and re-establish trade cooperation between the two countries.
Because the economic exchanges between the two countries are based on friendly relations, only mutual trust, mutual understanding and tolerance can the cooperation become more long-lasting, which is clear to everyone, and it is clear that Argentina has personally destroyed this trust.
【Conclusion】
Therefore, this visit is most likely not as simple as Argentina thinks, and it may have to pay some price to repair, in fact, from this matter, it also shows us how complicated the current international situation is.
There will also be corresponding variables in the cooperation between countries, which will affect or undermine the relations between the two countries, so in order to achieve friendly and healthy development, we must still stick to our own principles and not be a wall-to-wall straw.
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Sources of information:
Luzhong Morning News reported on April 25, 2024 "Argentina announced: she will visit China".