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President of Kundrati makes deal with Valruzia: agriculture and gold top topics

[9 January 5683]

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In retrospect, the Kundrati Union and the Valruzian Republic are not that different from each other. Both have fought off dictatorship and have democratic institutions holding fast and strong. Both countries have long histories and are jewels of their continent. Yet while Valruzia has spent time recovering its economy, Kundrati has not.
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That changes today. President of the Kundrati Union Claudius Hadriana met with Valruzian leadership, and a deal was reached after days of negotiating a trade deal that will help the Kundrati economy while bringing benefits to Valruzia. The deal includes large investments in relation to agricultural technology that Valruzia has, alongside investments in gold that Kundrati has begun to focus on recently.
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The AgroSo program in Valruzia provides Valruzia with strong food reserves and protection against threats to food production and distribution that may come from international threats outside of Valruzia's control. This includes various programs on land reclamation, major efforts to improve their supply chain, development of a strategic grain reserve, and more. As part of a deal, a team from the Ministry of the Interior, alongside university graduates and undergraduates dedicated to the agricultural and scientific fields, will visit and stay in Valruzia to work with Valruzian farmers, scientists, and AgroSo-related individuals to learn side by side how it works and how it can be implemented in Kundrati proper.
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Gold in Kundrati is a recent thing, as for many centuries it was thought that only uranium was in the Kundrati mines. However, with recent rumors and thoughts popping up about potential gold mines, especially in Jildrath and near Celania, nations like Valruzia are starting to get in on the possible Kundrati gold rush. Thus, a Valruzian gold company has agreed to examine potential sites and set up mines and processing facilities, employing and training Kundrati workers on gold production and implementation. This, alongside access to Dundorfian silicon, will be a great boon to the Kundrati and international technology sectors.
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Speaking of the Kundrati and international technology sectors, as solar panels have become very popular in Valruzia (and very popular in Etxea during the period of the split country), it seems solar is an easy way to restore power and maintain a steady power source for Kundrati's underdeveloped power network. Thus, a deal has been reached for Valruzian solar panels to be available to Kundrati customers with various discounts, deals, and the like, allowing as many Kundratis as possible to power their homes and businesses with solar power as possible. In fact, as the first shipments started to arrive at ports in the south with solar panels, there were lines of cars and other vehicles (and regular pedestrians) waiting in line to buy solar panels. Solar panels will become, if not a major scene in Kundrati, a big but important fad.
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In addition to all of this, the Kundrati Union has expressed in these negotiations a firm openness to Valruzian companies entering the Kundrati market and employing Kundrati labor for the production of their products. While nothing has been reached in terms of this, it signals a potentially strong business and trade relationship between two countries not that far from one another.
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Thus it shall be.