Empire Conquest

Chapter 677 - 14 Each Takes What They Need_3

As such, Bai Huamin was well-prepared early on.

Before boarding the plane in Riyadh, she had made a special call to the Grand Secretary, and the intent conveyed by the Grand Secretary was quite clear; they could make concessions in terms of oil settlement, whereas a full lifting of economic sanctions would require more in-depth negotiations or, rather, was temporarily not possible.

In Zhou Yongtao’s words, what Boi Country authorities wanted was simply to enable their produced oil to enter the international market.

Before meeting Raya, Bai Huamin was still a bit worried.

After all, the confrontation between Boi Country and the Liangxia Empire had persisted for nearly 30 years; generations have regarded the Liangxia Empire as enemy number one. Therefore, even if the Boi authorities knew that now was not the time to go head-to-head with the Liangxia Empire, they were certainly going to be very demanding on the issue of neutrality.

The key was that the Liangxia Empire now needed Boi Country to remain neutral.

To put it a bit bluntly, as long as Boi Country escalated its military readiness and deployed more combat troops in the Hormuz Strait and Lowland Province, the Liangxia Empire would hesitate to act when waging war on Iraq, and the liberation of Kuwait would be affected.

In reality, the political and diplomatic impact was already significant enough.

For example, the nations along the southern shore of Boss Bay, led by Saudi Arabia, have always seen Boi Country as their primary threat; therefore, they would certainly not turn a blind eye to Boi’s actions. If Saudi Arabia and other countries insisted on strengthening their military deployments against Boi Country, then their strategies facing Iraq would necessarily be reserved.

Conversely, Boi Country did not need the Liangxia Empire to show any restraint.

The sanctions had already been in place for over a decade; Boi Country had endured them, and continuing for a few more months was not a big deal.

Besides, no matter what kind of situation Boi Country stirred up domestically, even if they immediately mobilized for war, as long as Boi’s troops did not cross the national boundaries, the Liangxia Empire could only watch.

Over the past decade, whenever there was a change in the Liangxia Empire’s deployment near Boss Bay, Boi Country would immediately adjust its military deployment or hold military exercises. Even if the Liangxia Empire was domineering, they could not use Boi’s military exercises as a pretext for declaring war.

Thus, it was evident that the negotiating power was in the hands of Boi authorities.

Indeed, this time, it was through a third party that the Liangxia authorities had requested negotiations.

Meeting Raya, especially after hearing Raya speak the Liangxia language, Bai Huamin silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Boi Country had sent a female diplomat who had lived in the Liangxia Empire for 12 years to conduct secret negotiations, indicating that they too hoped to achieve a result.

Actually, this was not surprising at all.

While Boi Country indeed regarded the Liangxia Empire as its archenemy, not a single person in Boi Country saw defeating the Liangxia Empire completely as their ultimate goal.

In the confrontation with the Liangxia Empire, Boi Country had always been in a strategic defensive position.

The threat from Iraq was more immediate by comparison.

The eight-year Iran-Iraq War was the most convincing evidence.

As long as the leaders of Boi Country had even a little sense, they would not trouble the Liangxia Empire at this time but rather pray for the Liangxia Empire to take down Iraq’s military dictator.

On a strategic level, only if Iraq were subdued could Boi Country hope to become the top power in Boss Bay.

As long as a strong government remained on the Two Rivers Plain, then the Boi army could only honestly stay on the Persian Plateau.

So, was there any reason to hinder the Liangxia Empire?