Chapter 288 Hard-Won Victory
"Secretary Gorbachev, this time we can only join hands with the Eastern European Unified Market Organization! The United States has too many differences with us, but the Eastern European Unified Market has the same goal as us..." Sergey Shale reported on the phone road.
Seryozha and Mikhail joined forces to sing a double reed in Yugoslavia, the purpose is to squeeze the United States, the United Nations, and the European Community out of this land. For this reason, Seryozha first relied on Albania's eagerness to join the unified market, and exerted strong pressure on Albania. Forcing the Albanian government to give up support for the Albanian armed groups in the Kosovo Autonomous Province in the Yugoslav Republic of Serbia. Just after the Albanians in Kosovo were weaned, Milosevic withstood the pressure to dispatch the elite Yugoslav troops to the border area of Kosovo. Albanians communicate sincerely. As it turned out, the Albanians in Kosovo really couldn't make it through without outside support. Under the arrangement of officials sent by the Republic of Albania, they started negotiations with the Yugoslav government on issues such as the status of Albanians in Kosovo and the Albanian armed groups in Kosovo.
Why is the Albanian government so obedient, almost accepting all the demands of Mikhail and Seriosha? Of course, there are considerations of the Albanian government. Mikhail made a special trip to visit the leaders of the Albanian government and revealed several key pieces of information to them. First, the unified market welcomes Albania's participation, but if Yugoslavia cannot join the unified market, free movement of personnel and zero-tariff passage of goods will be out of the question. A war-torn Yugoslavia is not in the interests of Albania. Once wars broke out in Yugoslavia, if Albania wanted to trade with other members of the unified market, it could only bypass the Black Sea by sea. Second, Mikhail told the Albanian side that once Yugoslavia and Albania joined the unified market organization, other member states in the organization and the Central Bank of Eastern Europe would build a railway linking Gdansk, Poland, and Duras Port, Albania.
Albania is now finally seeing reality clearly. If Yugoslavia cannot join the unified market, the value of Albania's participation in the unified market will be greatly reduced. Especially the railway, which is a transportation artery that runs through Europe from north to south and can connect the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. If there is this railway, which port on the Mediterranean coast can be compared with the port of Duras in Albania. Almost 100% of the goods shipped to Eastern Europe or the western part of the Soviet Union will be unloaded at the port of Duras. How many related service industries will be driven and how many jobs will be provided!
Although the Albanians in Kosovo and the Albanians in the Republic of Albania have the same language, the Republic of Albania is in danger now, and the newly elected pan-democrats are eager to prove that their governing ability is higher than that of the Albanian government in the past. But if the economy still does not improve, how can the pan-democrats control the regime and continue to promote their own political ideas? Therefore, in the face of real interests, the Albanian government can only sell out its compatriots in Kosovo in exchange for its own interests.
Just after Mikhail left Albania, Albania's security for Kosovo seemed more urgent than the Yugoslav government. The Albanian government not only changed its previous caliber, but also admitted that the Kosovo issue is the internal affairs of the Slavs. They even sent people to contact the local Albanian militants and actively persuaded them to accept the conditions of the Yugoslav government and give up the idea of making Kosovo independent. The Albanian government even moved out the giant Buddha of the Unified Market. Because one of the policies of the unified market is that people can move freely among the member states of the unified market, which means that once Yugoslavia joins the unified market, Kosovar Albanians can migrate wherever they want.
Wouldn't it be nice to go to Albania in that case? If you don't like Serbs, you can live in another place! Just move to a place full of Albanians!
When the Yugoslav government, the Albanian government, and the Kosovo rebels all had the same demands on joining the unified market, all contradictions became easily resolved. The Yugoslav government quickly reached an agreement with the Kosovo rebels and the Albanian government. Albanian rebels can choose to lay down their arms and surrender to the government or leave Kosovo to live in Albania. The Yugoslav government will grant impunity to Albanians in Kosovo, while the Albanian government has chosen to drop its support for Kosovo's independence.
After solving the problem of Kosovo, from Hungary through the Yugoslav Republic of Serbia to Kosovo, the land between Albania is finally connected together. Even though Croatia and Slovenia are still in a state of war, the railway connecting the Baltic and Mediterranean ports planned by the unified market finally has the basis for construction.
After dealing with the affairs of Kosovo, Seryozha bid farewell to Milosevic and planned to return to the Soviet Union. Although the Soviet Union did not support the Yugoslav government’s military operations in Croatia and Slovenia, Kosovo has now been settled, and the Soviet Union has finally defeated the United States diplomatically. The vast area of Eastern Europe from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. In the future, even if Slovenia and Croatia really turn to the United States and the European Community, they will not pose any threat to the current unified market.
Seryozha had a deep talk with Milosevic before leaving. With regard to Slovenia and Croatia, Seryozha's opinion is not to spend too much energy in this area. Instead of letting the war consume Yugoslavia's national strength, it is better to transfer energy to the economy. Not only will the Soviet Union not recognize Slovenia and Croatia now, but it will never do so in the future. As long as the Soviet Union does not recognize it, it is impossible for Croatia and Slovenia to be absorbed into the United Nations. After Yugoslavia has survived this period of economic difficulties, it is not too late to solve the problems in Slovenia and Croatia.
So under Sergesha's persuasion, Milosevic withdrew his troops in Croatia and Slovenia. At the same time, the Soviet Union and the United Market Organization announced at the same time that they would never recognize the unilateral declaration of independence by Yugoslav member states such as Slovenia and Croatia. This also means that at least in the unified market and the United Nations, the two influential international organizations, the door to the independence of Slovenia and Croatia has been completely closed.