Our eagerly awaited military parade celebration officially entered the three-day countdown. When the arrow was on the string, we received an unexpected news: the Indonesian President suddenly dropped his pick and announced that he would not come! Almost at the same time, the president of another country publicly stated that he would never betray China.
According to Reuters, on August 30, the Indonesian government suddenly announced President Prabhupada.Canceled the scheduled visit to China。 Prabowo's name was impressively listed in the list of leaders of various countries attending the 1993 military parade officially announced by China. As the days are getting closer, why doesn't Prabowo suddenly come?
It turns out that something big happened in Indonesia! Mass protests and demonstrations broke out in many cities, targeting the national parliament and the current government. The streets are full of demonstrators and their slogans, banners, graffiti and even Molotov cocktails, which has given Prabowo, who has only been in office for a year, an extremely severe test.
With the turbulent situation in the country, Prabowo naturally did not have the leisure to visit abroad, and had to solve the difficult problems immediately. The opposition was not a dry meal. If he ignored the domestic mess and chose to go abroad, he would definitely be caught in the braid and make a big fuss, and then he would fall into a passive and unfavorable situation.
At the press conference announcing prabowo's "breaking his promise", the Indonesian State Secretary publicly apologized to the Chinese side, saying that Indonesia always respects China and hopes that China can understand it.
External gatherings are wonderful, things happening at home must be resolved first. This is the responsibility of politicians, China can fully understand. However, the nineteenth military parade such a ten-year celebration, without Indonesia is always a small regret. Indonesia is the largest country in ASEAN, but also the "Belt and Road" important cooperation object, Prabhupada's absence of the nineteenth parade, can not meet with the Chinese leaders.
Prabowo decided not to come. Indonesia and China both expressed regret, but Western public opinion cheered, as if the 1993 military parade suffered a major defeat because of the missing guest. If I ask you, I don't believe that the fire in Indonesia suddenly broke out without any ghosts from the Western world behind it.
We cannot see the good of China, they can make any means, but unfortunately can not stop our friends all over the world.
"Belarus will never betray its friendly relations with China," Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview with Chinese state media before leaving for China, according to the Belarusian state news agency. Mr. Lukashenko arrived in Tianjin on Aug. 30, in time for the next day's SCO summit in Tianjin and later for the September 3rd military parade.
Interestingly, Lukashenko arrived – he deliberately prepared a batch of Belarusian potatoes for the Chinese side and the leaders of other countries as a “gave of meeting”. Lukashenko humorously said: “The 500 methods of cooking potatoes are a must-have and even a treasure of every Belarusian housewife.”
Although the gift is not expensive, this "down-to-earth" approach further shows the friendship and closeness between Belarus and China. Against the background of the Russia-Ukraine war, Lukashenko, who supported Putin in a high-profile manner, put the entire country on the cusp of world public opinion. Last year, Putin ordered the deployment of Russian military tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which triggered a strong backlash from Europe and the United States. The harsh sanctions put Belarus under pressure.
Therefore, Belarus seeks strong support from China in economic cooperation and diplomacy. Lukashenko naturally wants to display China-Belarus friendship in a high-profile manner, both for the Belarusian people and for the Western world.
On the one hand, Indonesian President Prabowo was held back by the chaos at home and had to say sorry to China and decided to cancel his visit; on the other hand, Belarusian President Lukashenko couldn't wait to fly to China and said in a high-profile manner that he would "never betray China." One wanted to come but couldn't, the other was afraid of being late, and a bunch of uninvited spectators kept making noise - this is the world before the September 3rd military parade.