"What do you need me to do?"
Since Canning already fully understood the undisclosed transactions behind France and Britain, he was obliged to contribute to the cooperation between Britain and France.
"Ambassador Canning! We indeed need your help!" Valerovsky sincerely said to Canning: "We hope you can provide maximum support to the Ottoman Empire. We are very worried that the Ottoman Empire might directly surrender to the Russian Empire."
Although the negotiations between Rifat Pasha and Menshikov were just delaying tactics, no one could guarantee that the fake negotiations wouldn't turn into real surrender.
Once the Ottoman Empire couldn't withstand the pressure from the Russian Empire and surrendered, France's desire to go to war with the Russian Empire was very likely to die in the cradle.
