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MERIDIA TASK FORCE PORT ACCESS CONTINUES
 
Defence Minister Gerda Kempf
ODERVELD - LEUCHTFEUER
 
Defence Ministry, February 27, 5703:  Defence Minister Gerda Kempf today announced that the Meridia Task Force, a naval military unit which was a gift from the Kingdom of Lourenne, will continue to have access to the port of Torges in Royaume Uni de Kanjor for refueling, repair, routine maintenance and occasional berthing.  This after discussions between the Defence Ministry and its Government.
 
She further indicated similar existing arrangements remain in place in Lourenne and  Keymon. Kempf additionally stated that Dundorfische Hoch Logistik (DHL) Maritime will also permit use by the Meridia Task Force of its facilities on Ikradun Island built by Ikradon and the Bundesrepublik,and that talks were underway with the Government of Mordusia.
 
Asked.by ODERVELD – LEUCHTFEUER if any naval construction to add ships to the Meridia Task Force was anticipated, Kempf responded:
 

No. Being landlocked hinders that sort of development. If DHL Maritime expands its shipbuilding it almost certainly will be for larger freighters not military vessels. Kriegslander and the state owned Bundeskonstruction have built riverine patrol boats in the past and likely will be interested in building some replacements for our hodgepodge collection of patrol boats at Ikradun Island, but frigates and such are unlikely.