Rebirth of England.

Chapter 1007 Visit
From the end of July to the beginning of August, the newly appointed British Foreign Secretary Jo Harriman began her first overseas trip since taking office. During this trip, she will visit important EU countries including France, Germany and Italy.

"Britain and France have always maintained a close working relationship. We share the same values ​​and common interests and positions in responding to international crises, including the threat of terrorism..."

In a meeting with the French Foreign Minister, Jo Harriman reiterated the British position, saying:

"Although we have differences on some EU affairs, I believe these can be resolved. Britain is willing to work with France to build the closest alliance relationship..."

In fact, as early as 2010, after Cameron came to power, Britain and France signed a military cooperation agreement, under which the two countries agreed to create a joint force and share aircraft carriers, as well as jointly develop new nuclear test facilities.

This agreement marks the deepening of cooperation between Britain and France in the military field, aimed at strengthening the defense capabilities and strategic coordination of both sides.

Jo Harriman chose France as the first country she visited after taking office as Foreign Secretary and made the above remarks, which were also considered to be a strong signal of goodwill to France and an attempt to strengthen cooperation between the two sides.

In addition, an EU Foreign Ministers' Meeting will be held in Brussels in early September, where EU foreign ministers will discuss some international hot issues.

These contents will include the Syrian civil war and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. After the Crimean Autonomous Republic held a referendum to declare independence and join Russia, the Ukrainian government began a "counter-terrorism operation" against its Russian-dominated eastern region in April this year.

This led to large-scale clashes between government forces and the extremist groups they supported, including the Azov Battalion, and local civilian armed forces.

The international community tried to reach a ceasefire agreement through negotiations, and Johariman communicated with the French Foreign Minister about these events in advance, hoping to promote concerted action on related events at the subsequent EU Foreign Ministers' meeting.

The two sides also confirmed Cameron's official visit to France in October.

Cameron's last official visit to France was on May 2010, 5, just after he was elected prime minister, but Sarkozy was still the French president at the time.

Hollande paid his first official visit to the UK on July 2012, 7, during which he met with Cameron to discuss European economic growth plans and the future cooperative relationship between the two countries.

At that time, both sides believed that France and Britain were "the most important and valuable partners" and that the two countries would continue to be committed to closer cooperation.

It can be said that Joe Harriman's visit to France attracted a lot of attention...

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Especially her beautiful appearance and elegant posture, and especially the fact that she came to France with good intentions this time, she immediately captured the hearts of thousands of French people.

After all, one's worldview is influenced by one's five senses, and this exists everywhere in the world.

What’s even more interesting is that nearly half of them are women…

After all, Joe Harriman's public "coming out" and having a supermodel partner was once again reported by many media in France...

After visiting France, Joe Harriman visited Germany and Italy respectively and held talks with their foreign ministers.

She said that Germany and Italy are both important trading partners of Britain and she hopes to work closely with both sides on economic, cultural and EU affairs in the future.

Especially Italy, the two countries have common interests in addressing security challenges and migration issues in the Mediterranean region and will continue to strengthen cooperation in this area.

During Joe Harriman's visit to these European countries, some reporters naturally asked about Cameron's statement that if he could be re-elected, he would hold a referendum on Brexit. After all, as the core countries of the European Union, these three countries, especially Germany, are very concerned about the "Eurosceptic" tendency in Britain and its subsequent development.

"I think Britain needs to participate in the process of European integration, which is crucial to revitalizing the European economy. Brexit is not a better option and will bring many problems to Britain..."

Joe Harriman didn't mind showing his inclinations appropriately:

"But I also respect the choice of the people, and I believe that the British people will make a choice that is more beneficial to the country."

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After finishing her visits to various European countries, Joe Harriman left Europe without stopping and headed for her next stop, the United States.

Although this charismatic new British Foreign Secretary did not choose the United States as the first stop of his foreign visit after taking office like many previous British foreign ministers, but instead completed his trip to Europe before arriving in the United States, this is not incomprehensible.

In the view of many American media, it is precisely because of the emerging Eurosceptic tendencies in Britain that Joe Harriman is needed to repair relations with those European countries and resolve differences between the two sides, including the refugee issue.

However, some of Joe Harriman's remarks during his visit to the United States prompted the American media to notice something unusual.

Generally speaking, when the British Foreign Secretary visits the United States, he will be received by the American Secretary of State.

After all, according to the principle of diplomatic reciprocity, visits by foreign dignitaries will be received by officials of the same level in their own country who are responsible for related affairs.

Of course, this is not absolute. Just like this time, when British Foreign Secretary Joe Harriman visited the United States, not only did US Secretary of State Hillary meet with her, but for some unknown reason, President Obama also met with Joe Harriman in person.

However, from beginning to end, in his meeting with Hillary and Obama, and in the subsequent press conference, Joe Harriman never mentioned the "special relationship" between Britain and the United States...

This also made her visit this time more polite compared with her previous visits to various European countries.

You know, before this, when British politicians talked about the relationship between Britain and the United States, they could not help but declare the comprehensive, in-depth and lasting "special relationship" between the two sides.

But on the contrary, the United States rarely mentions it. Compared with Britain, the United States has been full of praise for Germany in recent years and has shown a closer relationship with Germany than with Britain.

O'Connor has praised German Chancellor Angela Merkel on many occasions and stressed that Germany is one of America's closest allies, even often dropping the word "one of"...

For example, on February 2011, 2, Austrian Prime Minister praised Merkel at the Medal of Freedom award ceremony and said that Germany is "one of the closest allies" of the United States...

He also praised Germany as America's "best friend and partner" in a speech...

Even in the original time and space, on January 2017, 1, the last phone call of Ao Guanhai on the last day of his term was to Merkel, praising the partnership and friendship forged with her over the past eight years, and saying that the close cooperation between Washington and Berlin is of great significance to the transatlantic partnership and world order...

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