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The recent news of the mainland leader's visit to Serbia has aroused widespread concern, and the relevant media have interviewed the Serbian president before his visit to Serbia
This is the second visit to Serbia by a mainland leader after 2016, and Serbia attaches great importance to this, and its president said that since 2016, he has invited mainland leaders 15 times in various ways, and Serbia attaches so much importance to the mainland
Everyone also understands very well that after all, the mainland's military is extremely large, and it can also provide some help in the Belt and Road project, why does the mainland attach so much importance to Serbia, and even go there late at night?
In fact, the relationship between the mainland and Serbia is very iron, and it has indeed provided some help to the mainland at a relatively difficult time for the mainland.
What kind of help has Serbia provided to the mainland, and how does the mainland treat Serbia now?
Provide assistance, transfer technology
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the life of the mainland was not very good, when the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was in dire straits, and Western countries naturally did not want another socialist country to appear in the world
In particular, the mainland is a vast country, and the Western countries also want to tear off a piece of meat from the mainland's territory, so when the mainland was just founded, the Western countries were not willing to recognize the mainland at all and imposed a various technical blockade on the mainland, not to mention knowing the internal structure of some military weapons, and the mainland did not even know what military weapons looked like.
In the beginning, the Soviet Union, which was also a socialist country, also provided some help to the mainland, and the mainland also took off in some aspects
However, in the later period, with the deterioration of relations between the mainland and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union also withdrew its own experts, which made it more difficult for the mainland to develop.
The mainland is well aware of the importance of weapons, and only by possessing powerful weapons can the mainland avoid the reality that if it falls behind, it will be beaten
However, even if the mainland was determined to mobilize the strength of the whole country to develop its military, the mainland at that time could be described as confused and did not know how to act, and the mainland hoped to be able to purchase advanced military weapons from other countries
Even if the premium is very serious, the mainland can bear it, but even so, the Western countries are afraid that the mainland will have better development, and they are certainly unwilling to sell us military weapons, and the mainland will have a great headache for a while.
Fortunately, Serbia is willing to provide some help to the mainland, Serbia is located on the Balkan Peninsula, its geographical location is very special, its area is about the same as the area of Chongqing Municipality on the mainland, its population is not very large, of course, its economic situation is not very prominent
Although Serbia is not very strong in all aspects, Serbia is an extremely independent country and is willing to develop together with other countries, but this common development does not include selling its own national interests.
Serbia was once a member of Yugoslavia and later became independent, but in fact, the world was divided into two camps at that time
Many countries were forced to choose, but at that time, Yugoslavia firmly adhered to its own ideas and maintained a neutral attitude, of course, Western countries were not particularly satisfied with it, and later events occurred that made the world sad.
At that time, Yugoslavia was not actually a very powerful country, after all, Serbia today was the most economically powerful country in Yugoslavia at that time
In August 1977, at the welcome banquet, Deng Xiaoping raised his glass to Yugoslav President Tito (right).
The mainland established diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia in 1955, and because the two countries cherished each other, the two countries warmed up rapidly in a short period of time
Subsequently, the mainland and Yugoslavia cooperated in many fields, and even after the deterioration of Sino-Soviet relations in the later period, the feelings between the mainland and Yugoslavia did not change in any way, and Yugoslavia was very supportive of the mainland's development.
Although the mainland was not able to buy military weapons from Western countries or the Soviet Union at that time, Yugoslavia could, and Yugoslavia was also aware of the mainland's difficulties, so it selflessly shared many of the military weapons it purchased with the mainland.
At the end of the 70s of the last century, Yugoslavia obtained the latest T72 tank from the Soviet Union and shared it with the mainland for the first time.
In addition to this military weapon, Yugoslavia also selflessly shared the drawings it purchased with the mainland, and its selfless sharing helped the mainland's weapons research and development in the 80s, and most of the mainland's Type 80 and Type 88 military tanks relied on a large number of military weapons materials provided by Yugoslavia for the mainland
Later, some experts analyzed the history of that time, and with the help of Yugoslavia, the mainland made progress in the research of the main tank for 10 years.
Remembering history, friendly cooperation
In the 80s, Yugoslavia introduced airborne fire control radar from NATO, and after the introduction of this thing, it was also shared with the mainland like an old friend
For a long time at that time, most of the new technology of the United States and the Soviet Union was obtained from Yugoslavia, and when Yugoslavia was shelled by NATO, the mainland's embassy in Yugoslavia was also shelled by NATO
The continent and Serbia share a common history, a history that the continent and Serbia have always remembered.
Later, Serbia also set up a monument here, which reads: "Remembering the martyrs, thank China for its support and friendship in the most difficult time for the Serbian people." ”
After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the mainland became independent from Serbia, and the mainland continued its previous relations with Serbia
In 2009, China and Serbia became strategic partners, Yugoslavia provided great help to the mainland, and now with the continuous improvement of the mainland's strength, the mainland has also begun to help Serbia.
In 2017, the mainland and Serbia officially implemented visa-free, and under the guidance of the policy, Serbia's trade volume continued to increase, and the growth rate was also very fast.
In addition to trade, national development also needs to carry out infrastructure construction, Serbia has a big shortcoming in infrastructure, but the mainland is an infrastructure maniac, and the mainland helps Serbia to carry out infrastructure construction
In a very short period of time, Serbia has made great progress in its infrastructure. In the construction of the "Belt and Road", Serbia has also gained.
Nowadays, there is more and more trade between the mainland and Serbia, and the relationship between the two countries is getting better and better.