"Was the main purpose of your sudden visit to discuss letting us join the Collective Security Organization?"
Yulia asked with a smile.
This item had not been included on Wang Ye's visit itinerary, nor had Ukraine been informed in advance.
But clearly, Yulia and Yanukovych were both smart people. With the Collective Security Organization conference about to be held, Mikhail, one of Moscow's most powerful figures, had suddenly made a lightning visit, accompanied by Shoigu, the newly appointed head of the defense establishment!
Mikhail's official duties were not supposed to involve military affairs, so when Shoigu was added to the equation, the reason for his visit became obvious.
All those other members of the delegation were smokescreens. What Shoigu had come to discuss was likely the real purpose!
Personal relationships were personal relationships; affairs of state were affairs of state. Wang Ye would not mix the two together, and neither would Yanukovych and Yulia.
He could have a private chat with Natalia, but he could not privately discuss matters with Yanukovych and Yulia. The nature of it was different.
After receiving word that Wang Ye would be visiting, Yanukovych and Yulia had discussed it as well. They had indeed guessed the true purpose of his visit.
Some things did not need to be said aloud. The two of them tacitly agreed that joining the Collective Security Organization would bring more benefits than drawbacks, so they could agree to it.
But...
They needed to use this opportunity to ask their "big brother" for more assistance. Life at home was simply too difficult!
When the former Soviet Union had split apart, it had seemed that they had received quite a lot of good things. In terms of military and technological strength, they had even ranked among the world's best!
But the problem