"Nice to meet you, Mr. Bongo."
"Your Highness, it is a great honor to be received by you..."
Barron met with Jammeh Bongo before Her Majesty the Queen received him.
The two met at Barron's villa near Richmond Park in London.
This villa is the London villa that Lady Emma left to Barron.
Richmond is located in the fourth district of southwest London. It is famous for its beautiful environment and many members of the royal family love it.
This villa, located near Richmond Park and overlooking the river, is one of the best located homes in the area.
Barron did not want to make his meeting with Jammeh Bongo known to everyone, so it was more appropriate to choose this property that had been handed over to an offshore company as the meeting place for the two.
This was also the first meeting between Barron and Jammeh Bongo, but after meeting, they did not feel too much of a stranger to each other.
Because someone like Barron often appears in media reports, whether it is his appearance or other situations, the attentive Jammeh Bongo will naturally not be unaware of it.
As for Barron, before working with Jammeh Bongo, his relevant information, in great detail, had already been presented to Barron.
Jammeh Bongo did not feel at ease facing the young British Duke in front of him. It could be said that this was much more stressful than when he met the British Prime Minister this year.
After all, in front of the British Prime Minister, even if there is a little impoliteness, generally speaking, it will not be a big problem. At most, it will leave the other party with the impression of being "barbaric and backward" and make them look down on you.
But the Duke of Devonshire is different. It can be said that everything of Jammeh Bongo is in his hands.
Until the very end, Barron chatted more with Jammeh Bongo, talking about his study abroad life in England, the customs and culture of Kolo, and Jammeh's views on some countries other than England, including the United States, France, Russia and China.
After all, at this point, Barron no longer needed to discuss any important matters with Jammeh Bongo through such a chat. He wanted to have this meeting in the hope that through such a face-to-face conversation, he could have a direct impression of the other party's various aspects, including personality and ideas.
After all, it is very likely that the other party will become his important "partner" in the next eight years.
As for those important things about Kolo's future development, there is no need to discuss them in such a meeting, or to put it more bluntly, Jammeh Bongo's opinion is not that important.
Maybe it was because he had studied abroad in England, or because he was facing the Duke of England and was in England at the time, from his conversation, it could be felt that Jammeh Bongo was generally quite close to England...
Of course, the fact that Jammeh Bongo was chosen as a partner among the members of the Kolo Liberation Front because of his experience of studying in England was also a factor.
The conversation with Jammeh Bongo lasted less than an hour and a half, and then Barron sent someone to take him back to the hotel where the Kolo delegation was staying.
Basically, he was quite satisfied with this meeting.
"Your Highness, are you staying here today?"
At this time, Alia walked slowly behind Barron, put her hands on his shoulders, pressed with moderate force, and asked softly.
"You don't like living in Kensington?"
"No...I will accompany you wherever you stay, Your Highness."
Barron raised his arm and placed his hand on the back of Aaliyah's hand.
His action caused Alia to stop moving her hands, and Barron could feel her soft, boneless hands tremble slightly.
Barron patted the sofa next to him and motioned for her to sit down.
And Alia knelt directly on the carpet beside him...
Looking down at Alia's delicate face, Barron raised his brows slightly and said in Arabic:
"I want you to tell me what you really think, Alya."
"I just..."
Alia looked at the pattern on the carpet and said in Arabic:
"I just feel like Miss Bonnie doesn't seem to like me..."
"Bonnie? She just hasn't gotten used to your presence yet. She doesn't mean any harm."
Of course, what Barron didn't say is that any woman would probably not accept a beauty as beautiful and exotic as Alia accompanying her boyfriend so closely.
Barron could understand this, but since she was his woman, this was something Bonnie needed to adapt to.
"Stay here tonight and go back tomorrow."
Hearing Barron's words, Alia's eyes immediately lit up with excitement:
"Really? Your Highness?"
Seeing her cute little expression, Barron couldn't help but reach out and touch her hair, smiling and saying:
"Why would I lie to you..."
It can be seen that Alia is in a good mood. She leans her head on Barron's legs. From Barron's perspective, she looks like a well-behaved Persian cat...
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The visit of the Kolo delegation led by Jammeh Bongo to England did yield good results.
After being received by Her Majesty the Queen, the Kolo delegation reached a relevant agreement with the British government.
The Republic of Kolo welcomes British companies to invest and will implement tax reduction policies for investments in some industries.
The British government provided the Republic of Kolo with a low-interest loan of 100 million pounds. The annual interest rate of this loan is only 0.5%, and the repayment period is 10 years. The repayment will begin in installments 5 years after the loan is issued.
Of course, these are the parts that can be announced to the public.
In fact, the British government also welcomes Kolo's joining the Commonwealth. They will propose to invite the Republic of Kolo to become an observer country of the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Malta next year, and then start negotiations for Kolo to join the Commonwealth.
At the same time, the British government will also provide assistance to Colo in implementing the new currency plan, including providing them with relevant technology. Under the contact of the British government and Barron, De La Rue, the company that prints banknotes for the UK and the world's largest banknote printing company, will open a new printing plant in Colo to help the Colo government print new banknotes, as well as citizen identity cards and passports and other printed materials that require extremely high anti-counterfeiting technology.
Because of Colo's climate, there is a very humid period every year, and they need paper that can adapt to the local environment and avoid mold and deterioration to make banknotes.
It is worth mentioning that one of the reasons why Colo abandoned the West African franc is that the paper quality of the West African franc is not suitable for Colo. It is very easy to mold and deteriorate after long-term storage, causing losses to the people and the country.
De La Rue's new printing plant in Colo will be established in a joint venture with the West African Group, with De La Rue holding the majority stake.
The printing company is also able to print banknotes for some of De La Rue's customers in Africa at the same time, thus reducing its shipping costs.
Yes, as the world's largest banknote printing company, De La Rue does not only print banknotes for the British government - many people may think that banknotes, as an important resource, should be printed by the country itself, but the fact is just the opposite.
In today's world, except for a few countries such as China, the United States, and the United Kingdom, most countries outsource the printing of currency to foreign printing factories, which is not uncommon.
De La Rue also printed Hong Kong dollars for Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC until 1996, when the local government acquired De La Rue's printing factory in Hong Kong and took over the printing business completely.
At this time, De La Rue's customers are all over the world, and the banknotes of many countries in Africa are printed by De La Rue.
After completing their visit to England, Jammeh Bongo and his entourage still took a civil aviation flight and left here. They will continue their foreign visits, and their next stop is France.
Speaking of which, Jammeh Bongo is probably the president of Africa who least needs to worry about a coup d'état when he visits abroad...