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British Foreign Secretary Russell and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UK Mike Davis staged a diplomatic "quarrel" in London, which excited the international media. From the beginning, the two quickly entered the direction that reporters from major newspapers were looking forward to. The development made the entire public venue extremely quiet.

When Mike Davis "well-intentioned" suggested that the British Empire should join the International Court of Justice in The Hague established by the Netherlands to "help" Britain increase its international influence, everyone in the British Foreign Office looked at this man in disbelief. The Netherlands' most influential, 38-year-old head of Dutch ambassadors abroad.

The Dutch ambassador's "good intentions" are confusing to people. It is precisely because of this confusion that it makes people feel that there is "malicious intention" in them. No one believes that his "good intentions" are sincere.

British Foreign Secretary Russell is also an expert in international diplomacy after experiencing big storms, so he reacted very quickly.

At this time, he had to lament that he was almost beaten. What Davis said just now suddenly made the image of the Netherlands more positive. Even the London newspapers may not be able to continue to be vigilant because of this. Of course, That was without warning from the British government.

First, he criticizes and suppresses the glorious diplomacy of British isolation, and then "well-intentioned" says that the Netherlands is willing to help Britain "return" to the European collective diplomatic team. It seems to be helping Britain, but in fact it is pointing out that British diplomacy is not gregarious, but it is a true and thorough counterattack against Britain. The statement that just criticized the Netherlands for intending to change the European order is really powerful!

Therefore, he naturally would not let the Dutch ambassador be more beautiful than the former and let Britain owe a "favor".

"Thank you to the Kingdom of the Netherlands for wanting to help the British Empire. However, the communication channels between the British Empire and European countries are very smooth. Although we may lag behind the Netherlands in multilateral communication, we are better at bilateral relations. The ambassador should know that the relationship between the two countries Bilateral relationships tend to benefit larger countries, so the FCO will continue the UK's tradition of focusing on bilateral relations rather than multilateral diplomacy."

Foreign Secretary Russell made it clear that in its interactions with European countries, the UK has always been the strongest party in bilateral relations. This is the UK's advantage and is more conducive to the British side in negotiations.

And if it is on a multilateral occasion, it will be very detrimental to British negotiations. After all, the opponents that Britain needs to face are no longer one to two, but one to two or even one to three.

This is to make up for one's shortcomings.

Mike Davis smiled nonchalantly and showed his calm side in front of all the reporters. This made people immediately feel that the Dutch ambassador to the UK was extremely calm and worthy of being a new star in the Dutch diplomatic community, and they immediately liked him.

I saw him smiling slowly and gentlemanly: "Although big countries are in a dominant position in bilateral relations, smaller countries are therefore more willing to conduct collective bargaining on multilateral occasions. This is also the reason why the Netherlands created these organizations. We in the Netherlands What the kingdom wants is to support the weaker side.

Going back to the original intention of establishing the multilateral organization just now, the International Women's Alliance is so supportive of disadvantaged women, and the International Court of Justice in The Hague also wants to uphold justice in accordance with the law regardless of the size of the country, which is more fair to small countries. The International Labor Federation is more suitable to play a more protective role in safeguarding labor rights when capitalists and labor disputes. "

After hearing what Mike Davis said, his image of being righteous, upholding justice, and helping the weak suddenly became fuller. The image of him and Holland immediately established an image of justice in the hearts of everyone including the media.

Russell and the British diplomats suddenly had a bad secret.

Especially the sensitive Russell suddenly discovered that Britain and him had become a background, a stepping stone for Mike Davis and the Netherlands to establish their image.

Sure enough, when Russell saw the international reporters present looking at Mike Davis, many of them showed strange admiration.

What a "hypocrite" who really knows how to use different things to "glorify" him and the Netherlands.

By this time, the former British Prime Minister and current Foreign Secretary had to admit that the Mike Davis in front of him had grown into an opponent who could "wrestle" with him. At least he could rival him in terms of verbal skills. As for the others, there may be a little immaturity, but that is secondary. After all, diplomats, don't they just use their words to achieve their goals?

Mike Davis looked at Foreign Secretary Russell with a gentle smile, seemingly happy that he had suppressed Ross, a high-ranking and powerful expert in British foreign affairs and politics.

But it also makes people feel that this is respect for the opponent. He is really an unpredictable and contradictory person.

Russell looked at the atmosphere in the British Foreign Office press conference, and it was obvious that at this moment, Mike Davis was a bit deceitful. This made Russell understand that he needed to adjust some of his original plans at this moment.

So he looked at Mike Davis with the kind smile of a 76-year-old man and said: "The British Empire naturally does not reject multilateral organizations. In fact, the British Foreign Office is currently discussing whether to join the International Hague Tribunal, but there are still consultations. In the meantime, it will take some time to get results.”

Everyone was surprised.

Russell's words let everyone present know that obviously the leader of British diplomacy began to give in. When the British faced the Dutch ambassador this time, after a "battle", they chose to take a step back.

Obviously, Mike Davis won the first round.

So everyone looked at him, wanting to see his expression, but when their eyes fell on him, they found that he was very indifferent, just as indifferent as when he entered the press conference in England just now. He was really gentle and unfazed. .

The reporters all sighed in their hearts.

"What a good Dutch diplomatic ambassador. The diplomatic ambassadors in Amsterdam are really good. It is said that there are several people who are as good as Mike Davis in front of me. I don't know how the other few are, but they can be compared with others. Obviously it should not be much different. I have to say that the Netherlands has quite a lot of diplomatic talents this time. In comparison, the UK has many high-level talents, but there is some lack of them at the middle level. It is said that William IV in the Netherlands Created a school called the Foreign Affairs College. Should the British Foreign Office also establish one based on this? However, budget is a problem." When Russell thought that the Whig Party he was in was currently in opposition, obviously, Disrae The Tories of the Prime Minister of Liberia should be opposed. After all, they should not allow the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to truly fall into his hands, let alone the lower levels of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Thinking of this, Russell's heart sank slightly.