Posted by A horrifying meeting on Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:55 | #

NPR, “Journalist Describes The Loneliness And Leakiness Of Trump’s White House”, 20 April 2017:

The story that we all heard after his first Oval Office meeting with President Obama during the transition, and very shortly after he won, was that Trump came away overwhelmed and a little freaked-out by whatever he heard from the President, then President; and President Obama came away sort of horrified by how little Trump seemed to know or understand.

Posted by Israeli Independence Day at the White House on Thu, 18 May 2017 04:38 | #

The White House held its first-ever Israeli Independence Day party on Tuesday night, and some of the biggest movers and shakers in the American Jewish world were in attendance. Among them was Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a former Republican congressional candidate and author of books like “Shalom in the Home” and “Kosher Lust.” Boteach, who frequently contributes to the website Breitbart News, tweeted a selfie that he had taken with White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, Breitbart’s former executive chair.

Posted by Trump administration strikes Syria again on Fri, 19 May 2017 16:43 | #

Trump administration strikes again in coordinated attack on Syria despite Alt Right claims that he wasn’t serious the first time and despite their claims that deconfliction zones between Russia and America were not operative.

Posted by American warplanes strike pro-Assad convoy on Sat, 20 May 2017 02:33 | #

DM, 18 May 2017:

“American warplanes strike convoy of Iranian-backed pro-Assad fighters who ignored Russian instructions and advanced on a US-backed rebel base in Syria” 

US warplanes targeted convoy of fighters loyal to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad  

The jets fired warning shots as the group advanced towards a base near Tanf   A tank and a bulldozer were destroyed as the convoy ignored the warning shots    

First strike on pro-Assad forces since Trump’s cruise missile attack last month

Posted by Trump does the wailing wall on Mon, 22 May 2017 19:04 | #

Trump don’s the beanie, goes to the Wailing Wall, is the first ever president to put a prayer inside its cracks, even does the rocking back-and-forth thing…

ABCNews, 21 May 2017:

“President Trump becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall; places note inside the wall.”

Posted by Saudi seance on Mon, 22 May 2017 19:33 | #

In a similar bit of psychic networking, the day before..

..Trump engaged in a seance with Israeli cohorts, the Saudis.

Posted by Significant role of Iran in Silk Road on Thu, 25 May 2017 20:02 | #

 
Iran, #China highlight significant role of Iran in #SilkRoad

… #BeltandRoadInitiative
 

http://theiranproject.com/blog/2017/05/16/iran-china-highlight-significant-role-iran-silk-road/

Posted by Silk Road News on Sun, 16 Dec 2018 10:25 | #

Building Eurasia

By Gábor Tóth, President of the Gateway to Europe V4-China Association.

Article originally published in English on GLOBS.

Central Europe, Hungary, China – Shanghai became the center of attention for a week in November where the first China International Import Expo took place with the participation of over 2800 companies from 130 countries and regions of the world. Hungary was a guest of honor among many other great nations such as the United-Kingdom, Russia and Germany. Hungarian companies promoted their products as politicians paved the way for smooth cooperation.

This is an enormous achievement for Hungarian diplomacy as we were the only country from the CEE region to be invited as main guests. For several days the Hungarian press analyzed all the benefits of this landmark expo, praising Hungarian-Chinese relations which have never been so strong in our 70 years of official cooperation. However, an event of even greater significance was held right after Mr Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, traveled back from Shanghai; an event that the press did not deal with so much, perhaps because it wasn’t as spectacular as the one in China.

       

Leaders of the 16+1 central banks met in Budapest to strengthen their ties in the field of finance, opening a new chapter in CEE-China relations. Mr Orbán gave a speech that contained certain thoughts that must be noted because they are visionary.

This was the first time that the central bankers of the sixteen countries and China have held a joint conference.

“The past ten years have proved that the rise of the Chinese economy is not a temporary phenomenon. China will be a fixed star in the period ahead, and will be a major player in the world economy for a very long time,” the PM said. He further noted that in addition to historical and geographical relations, economic relations will also come into being between the two rising power centres: China and Central Europe. The two regions will be increasingly connected to each other.

“This involves no less than China and Central Europe forming part of a single contiguous geographical region,” continued Mr Orbán, adding that by rail it may be possible to travel and transport any goods between China and CEE in two weeks. If we are able to build a rapid rail link from the Greek ports to Europe, this journey will be even faster.

There’s one big issue, though, that makes building Eurasia harder than it should be. The emotional and ideological trap that some western European countries are in. However, eventually everyone will realise that we must adopt an approach to China that is free from ideology. We must accept that we are different, we organise our lives differently and we lead our countries in different ways.

When it comes to Hungary the trade volume between us and China is close to 70 billion dollars, and its rate of growth is staggering, standing at an average of 10 per cent; and it grew by 18 per cent in the first three quarters of 2018.

Another very important point was made by the Prime Minister, stating that it seemed increasingly likely that we would need to prepare ourselves for the dollar losing its monopoly in world trade. This is a statement not to be taken lightly.

Well, Hungarians take it seriously, which is reflected in our monetary policy as well. Orbán told his audience: “When we issue bonds abroad, we will do so in the direction of the East, and we shall work on creating the possibility for the yuan to be the currency in which bilateral trade is settled”. Can you see why I believe that this event, with this speech, is more important than the expo in Shanghai?

The shocking remarks kept coming: According to analyses – partly Hungarian and partly international – that land on the Premier’s desk, there is a 70 per cent probability of another approaching crisis. They claim that we should expect an economic decline of unspecified nature: smaller than 2008, but almost certain to take place. This makes it all the more essential for Hungary to stand on two feet and stick to her policy of opening to the East.

If we are serious about building Eurasia, we must implement major developments, primarily infrastructure developments, because we must link China, Central Europe and the Balkans to a single network: a network on a global scale.

Hungary is in the front-line of history, yet again. We are on the cusp of a new era, and our Central European friends can trust us and look to us when it comes to building cooperation with China, after all we must be doing something right, being the only ones in the heart of Europe to enjoy the most special attention and strategic political partnership with the Asian giant. Building a truly unitary Eurasia will depend on how CEE countries finally find a common ground and work together to make the journey on the New Silk Road a future success.