Luthori

[Ligbruderkrieg]

The Imperial Household Ministry announced that the Emperor of Luthori and the Empress of Luthori will be conducting a three-day tour in Kundrati. Following "extended" diplomatic overtures made by both nations towards one another, the Luthorian monarch will be travelling to eastern artanian nation with the objective of stabilising these preliminary diplomatic contacts into real, long-term, renewal of relations between Fort William and Kasaema. 

The Emperor and Empress' state visit in Kundrati surprised many, after all, the Prime Minister of Luthori, often made manifest his desire to visit Kundrati during his term, and everything seems to have been prepared for such an occasion to happen. But, at the last minute, it seems that the Prime Minister, according to trusted sources at the Prime Minister's Office, seems to have backed down from visiting Kundrati before the imperial family did.

As Luthori's first and most important overseas ambassadors, the role of the monarch and his consort shouldn't be overlooked compared to the role of elected officials in the Chamber of Representatives or the Cabinet. After all, the monarch serves as Luthori's most trusted diplomat for being a steady hand compared to the usually unstable Luthorian democratic system.

His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress will be arriving at Kasaema on October 12th, where for four days they'll be meeting with Kundrati government officials, such as the President, where meetings between diplomats of both countries will be taking place in the first real, cross-country meeting since decades.

For the occasion, the Emperor and Empress will be the guests at a state dinner organised by the Kundrati Presidency to celebrate the first Luthorian imperial visit since the end of the Second Kundrati Emergency.

The Luthorian monarch's visit is hoped to be the start of a new age for bilateral Kundrati-Luthorian relations, as this move to send the monarch to act as a mediator on behalf of his government remains Luthori's greatest testament of committment into the effort of rebuilding bilateral ties.

The Luthorian government expressed hopes that the visit will "serve well" and will "help Kundratijians to jump aboard the ship of reconcillation and continental co-prosperity", the national government also expressed hopes for restored travel links between both nations, as both the ferry that once served as a link between the Grand Duchy of Shipleyriding and the Kundratijian mainland has been closed following the fascists' takeover of power.

Analysts suggests that it's "very likely" that the visit results in the Luthorian government removing the travel ban directed at Kundrati air corporations, preventing them from entering Luthorian sovereign airspace and to Luthorian air businesses, preventing them from serving Kundrati airports for either connections or direct flights.

The emperor's visit is also likely to restart the debate over the return of remaining Luthorian war deads in Kundrati and also the localisation of potential descendents of Luthorian soldiers who went missing in the island of Etxea during the First Kundrati War, many of whom were thought to have been abducted into the Kundrati mainland.

Emperor Richard II, who was already the monarch during the Second Kundrati War, stated that it was "personally" important for him, to go to Kundrati, stating that the "hatchet of war and old conflicts should be buried in order to allow for new generations to know real peace in our nation, continent and in the world". The monarch, in a rare moment with the media, also stated that the return of remaining Luthorian war deads was of "particular" importance to him as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

He added that he thought that "as Commander-in-Chief, it [was] his responsibility to help families to know the truth about their loved ones who disappered without a trace during the war."

Whether or not this state visit will be a success still remains to be seen.