The naivety of the folk on this forum astonishes me.
British ministers and diplomats spend their entire lives negotiating deals with countries in Bongo Bongo; the agreement will go something like:
British ambassador: "Look Mr Bongo, we'd like to keep that air base going in your territory / it's terribly important that you allow us to operate our (fill in the blank) in your country / would you mind if our SAS boys dropped in next week for a chat with Ali your bomb-maker?"
Mr Bongo: "Why yes of course, that ten mill you sent us un-audited last month for education is proving so useful for my next election campaign...."