DAILY GEOPOLITICAL INSIGHTS: The Geopolitical News Roundup & Analysis for Monday, 18th September 2023

DAILY GEOPOLITICAL INSIGHTS: The Geopolitical News Roundup & Analysis for Monday, 18th September 2023
GEÓ Insights Curated By Iain Fraser – Associate Publisher GEÓ
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Monday, 18th September 2023

DAILY GEOPOLITICAL INSIGHTS: Good Morning from the GEÓ Newsroom in Gibraltar. Geopolitical Insights for Monday, 18th September 2023 curated By Iain Fraser, Associate Publisher GEO – including They Seek Him Here, What happened to the China Defence Minister, Let the wagons roll as Kim return to NKorea after his Moscow mini-break, and Iran/US SpySwap in $6BN Payout … @GEÓIntel_Desk using #GEÓInsights

THEY SEEK HIM HERE …
Another high-profile China minister falls off stage – Reuters have reported that the incumbent* Minister of Defence Li Shangfu has gone the same way as former Ambassador to the US, Qin Gang in as much as he has also gone on the missing list, dropping out of sight for over two weeks now amid conjecture throughout the Global media that he is being “investigated”. According to our man in Macau the investigation into Li relates to spurious military procurement practices going back some time … This is a fluid new story – check for update on our “X” Feed @GEÓIntel_Desk using #GEÓInsights

LET THE WAGONS ROLL …
Well by now diminutive NKorean “leader” Kim Jong Un should be safely ensconced back in the bosom of his beloved, but sadly morally and economically bankrupt NKorea ending his mini-break sleepover with his new BFF the equally diminutive and reprehensible Vladimr Putin (Ironically both despots are 168.9m tall a little over 5 feet 6 inches even Hitler was taller at 1.75m) Was the “meeting of minds” just a photo-call to propagate sycophantic bromance pandering to each others highly inflated ego´s or has a firm military alliance between the … This is a fluid new story – check for updates on our “X” Feed @GEÓIntel_Desk using #Bromance

IRAN-US PRISONER SWAP
AP has reported that Iran and the US are poised to exchange prisoners after a figure of $6 Billion has been “unfrozen” and forwarded to Qatar who are acting as an “honest broker” to facilitate the asset swaps with the receipt of the funds confirmed by Nasser Kanaani a spokesman for the Iran Foreign Ministry before he went on to confirm the swap would take place later today. At this stage little is known about the identities of any of the prisoners but these types of swap are usually for VAs (Valuable Assets) either Spies or those charged with Espionage offences … This is a fluid new story – check for updates on our “X” Feed @GEÓIntel_Desk using #SpySwap