Deltaria

[Rogue]

Branovice - Using its new authority under the Common Sanctions Framework, the South Majatran Commission announced that immediate sanctions are placed on Selucia and a wide variety of individuals within its political and business elites. President of the South Majatran Commission Nero Reppucci announced that a set of economic and financial sanctions are to be placed on Selucia, which include bans on goods that may be used for torture, imprisonment, oppression and surveilance. Additionally, the export or import of fossil fuels and rare earth minerals from and to Selucia are also banned, basically cutting off the import of Badaran and Kafuri oil to Selucia. 

Besides the economic sanctions aimed at restricting the Selucian economy and preventing further expansion of its "oppressive regime" a wide variety of financial sanction are also put in place, freezing the assets of high ranking Selucian officials within member states, enforcing a travel ban that restricts their travel to SOMECO member states and preventing anyone operating within SOMECO territory from performing transactions that could "benefit the entity or individual sanctioned." Lastly, severe limits have been placed on the Selucian banking system, preventing financial institutions from doing business with member state institutions or operate within their territory. 

The South Majatran Economic Council is expected to convene in the next few hours to formally enact the sanction package, but under the new CSF sanctions are immediately in place once the Commission decides to do so, only being revoked when it doesnt pass the South Majatran Economic Council or expires the standard two year enforcement date. President Reppucci calls these steps "necessary and unprecedented as Selucia continues to defy international norms and human rights, refusing to listen to both its populace and its international partners." This is the first time that SOMECO uses its recently enacted Common Sanctions Framework (CSF), a measure meant to unify sanction regimes of its member states in order for such sanctions to be more effective. 

Prime Minister Lazarescu welcomed the move by the commission, announcing that Deltaria will vote in favor of keeping them in place in the upcoming council session. Lazarescu further warned that if Selucia would not halt its "inhumane activities against the Yeudi people" then Deltaria would "not back down" and contemplate "more direct action." 

We cannot and we will not stand by as a entire demographic is being threatened. Deltaria will work with its regional partners in trying to force the Selucian regime in changing its policies. If it does not do so after SOMECO and international pressure, then it will force its immediate neighbours to respond with more force. We do not back down when it comes to Majatran security and the rights of its people