The storm in Somalia continues, and the U.S. government is pushing the United Nations to send additional joint forces to Somalia to maintain stability within Somalia.
Perhaps unwilling to remain trapped in the interior, Somalia has launched attacks on Middle Juba and Lower Juba states these days.
To say that the armed weapons in Somalia are really not that good, except for the government which still has a few old fighter jets, the various forces do not even have many tanks and artillery, and they basically only have some small arms and rockets.
At such a moment, Zhang Ziyu, as the governor of Bentley Island, went to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to attend the joint meeting of Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, Uganda and Tanzania.
This meeting has nothing to do with Somalia. It is a meeting brokered by the East African Affairs Office of the Graduate School of Politics, aiming to develop the internal economies of several countries.
Among them, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania are all members of the Commonwealth. It is very appropriate for Zhang Ziyu, as the Governor of the British Overseas Territories, to attend this meeting.
Of course, this time it’s not just Zhang Ziyu, the British Minister of Commerce, Zhao Xiaoyan, chairman of the board of directors of the Royal Bank of England, chairman of the board of directors of Xingyuan Group, Gu Zhengsheng, chairman of the board of directors of Western Australia Steel Group, Xiu Dalan, chairman of the board of directors of HSBC Bank,
Guo Lingming, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Heung Kong Electric Group, Du Yuemei, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kowloon Group, Zhou Zhigang, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rio Tinto Group, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Heung Kong Petrochemical Group, etc.
This is currently a large group of major banks and mineral, oil, and infrastructure investments in England and Hong Kong, and these are also urgently needed by several East African countries.
These five countries are all extremely underdeveloped areas and need financial support and some companies to invest.
In a conference room in a large hotel in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, high-level government officials from the five countries and Zhang Ziyu and others gathered together to communicate and discuss cooperation among several parties.
The first content this time is the East African Development Bank, which was jointly established by Tianyu Bank, HSBC, Royal Bank of England, Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of Xiangjiang, Hsinchu Bank and the central banks of five countries, with a registered capital of US$2 billion.
Among them, banks from five countries each invested US$100 million and each held 5% of the shares. Tianyu, Xiangjiang, Hsinchu and England, Standard Chartered and HSBC split the shares in half. Both parties invested US$750 million each, occupying 37.5% of the shares.
Tianyu Bank invested US$350 million, Xiangjiang and Hsinchu each contributed US$200 million, and the other three companies shared it equally, with one investing US$250 million.
Tianyu Bank holds 17.5% of the shares and is the largest individual shareholder of the East African Development Bank. However, the chairman of the board of directors is Will Beers, deputy general manager of the Royal Bank of England. Huang Shengqiang, head of Southeast Asia of Xiangjiang Bank, serves as vice chairman of the board of directors. Other banks send people to serve as bank directors.
Director of the Board of Directors.
This bank mainly provides financial support to the governments and enterprises of the five countries and assists their domestic economic development.
In the following days, the heads of major groups held unilateral and multilateral talks with various countries. Zhang Ziyu was very busy these days. She led the heads of the Lee Consortium to communicate with various countries.
The main reason why it is her instead of Du Yuemei and Yuan Tianfan is that Zhang Ziyu will be stationed on Bentley Island in the future to officially perform her duties as governor. At the same time, she will also be the person in charge of the affairs of East Africa, South Asia, and West Asia of the Li Group.
The location of Bentley Island is really good. It is very close to these three places. It is very suitable for Zhang Ziyu to preside over the affairs of these three places on Bentley Island.
This time the Li Group did not come empty-handed. In order to show support for the pro-own political parties in their own countries, major groups have invested heavily in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. As for Ethiopia and Djibouti, they are the focus of British capital.
investment area.
In order to strengthen the transportation construction of the three countries, the Kowloon Group funded the construction of a railway from the coastal city of Mombasa in Kenya to the capital Nairobi and continued westward to Kampala.
At the same time, a railway from Kenya's capital Nairobi to Tanzania's capital Dodoma, a railway from Mombasa to Tanzania's largest city Dar es Salaam, and a railway from Tanzania's capital Dodoma to Dar es Salaam will also be built.
Among them, the Mombasa-Nairobi-Kampala railway and the Dodoma-Dar es Salaam railway will be built first. After these two are completed, the other two will be built.
In addition to transportation, Bentley Group has established a Lynx car production base in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group has established an oil refining and fertilizer production base here, and Western Australia Steel Company has established a steel production base here.
Nanhua Food and Beverage Group has established a food and beverage industrial park in Mombasa, Kenya, mainly engaged in tea processing, various tea beverages, coffee production, and biscuit production.
Hengyu Supermarket Group signed a cooperation agreement with the Kenyan government to promote the sales of Kenyan flowers to the world. The main market is Western Europe.
Feiyu Clothing Group invested US$100 million in Mombasa to establish a large-scale clothing and footwear production base here, with its products mainly supplied to Africa and Europe.
Cooperation in Uganda is mainly in tourism and agricultural products. Considering that Uganda is rich in water energy resources, Xiangjiang Electric Group will build large hydropower stations in Uganda. In addition to meeting the needs of Uganda, the excess electricity will be used to sell to Tanzania and Kenya.
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On the last day of the meeting, all parties focused on discussing the world situation, the situation in Africa and the situation in Somalia. Kenya is worried that the civil strife in Somalia will affect its own stability, and has now blocked the border from Kenya to Somalia.
Due to their limited armed forces, Kenyan leaders hope that the British side can provide them with some help.
After all British troops withdrew from Kenya in 1964, military aircraft still had the right to transit Kenyan territory, and they had the right to conduct military exercises in Kenya twice a year, so Kenya was still protected by the British to a certain extent.
The British Business Secretary said: "I will report this to the cabinet, and please believe that we in the UK will never disregard everyone's safety. You can also contact Ms. Zhang. Bentley Island's current military force is not weak, and it is so far away from you.
The edge is not far away, the Mirage 2000c can definitely fly here."
Naturally, Zhang Ziyu will not directly accept this matter. They are not willing to take over something that does not benefit them. It is okay to ask Bentley Island to contribute, but they must get benefits.
She said aloud: "Sir, our Bentley Island is a British Overseas Territory, but we are now responsible for our own defense. The pressure is already very great. If we still have to take care of this place now, our strength and funds will not be sustainable.
I hope Sir can silence the cabinet and provide our Bentley Island with a military expenditure every year that is enough to support the defense of Bentley Island."
The British Minister of Commerce will not pay attention to Zhang Ziyu's words. Just kidding, Bentley Island's military armed forces are the private armies of the Li Consortium. They will not use money to help the Li Consortium maintain weapons.
Moreover, Zhang Ziyu said that he has no money, which is just an excuse. The Li Group is now investing everywhere, but no problems have been found in the capital chain of the Li Group. There are not even loans. There are not many countries in the world that can compare with the Li Group.
For example, Uganda's annual military expenditure is less than 100 million U.S. dollars, and Tanzania, which has the most, only has 150 million U.S. dollars. Although the Lee Consortium has fewer troops, its military expenditure is not huge at all.
Take Uganda as an example. If it faced Bentley Island, it would definitely not be Bentley Island’s opponent.