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Bianjie and Xsampa officially sign the Treaty of Tsarlung, formally creating the Dovani Economic Assistance Bloc
17 December 5704



Big, and yet not really grotesque, a ceremony was held today in the somewhat small city of Tsarlung in Xsampa, where the representatives of the two southern Dovanian nations, Bianjie and Xsampa, that is, have signed a treaty, formally creating the product of a years-long process of negotiations and discussion to form a single union with the purpose of uniting the whole continent one organisation entity.

And yet, this is not the first attempt at such pan-Dovani organisational unity; however, this time, representatives from the two nations are sure that this is the one. Previously, there were smaller, more localised unions of Dovanian countries, like the West Dovanian Union, which turned out to be quite successful in its mission, but later on, with Lourenne fading away in global relevance, the WDU faded as well, leaving a vacuum in Dovani. Today, the vacuum decreases with the formation of the Dovani Economic Assistance Bloc, or DEAB, for short.

Still, the bloc will be purely economic, with some cultural and political parts in the focus of the new organisation, such as the cooperation on the common institutions, cultural and political. Litari says that the Bianjie will now be looking into how to incorporate the College of Dovani in Guihecen into the DEAB system, or how to make the two cooperate closely, to produce high-quality servants, as well as grow the support for the new bloc. "We are here to stay and grow. This is not some PR project or something; this is a genuine effort to unite the continent, to become a powerhouse in the world, to not be influenced or bribed by someone from the Old World into submitting to them. We are powerful on our own, and DEAB is here to prove it", said foreign minister Litari.

Additionally, it is expected that, both by the words of the Bianjian finance minister and the full text of the treaty published online for the public to see and read, there will be a Dovani Development Bank, or the DDB for short, that will be DEAB's main financial tool to invest in various projects across the member states, and beyond, in Dovani, however, it will be prohibited from pushing economic agenda on the member states, such as privatisation, labour reforms and economic liberalisation. More than that, the initial DEAB treaty includes the previously announced tariff harmonisation efforts between the members, a tiered trade system, sensitive sectors protected from the economic measures of the bloc, and the Dovani Economic Council (DEC), which will be tasked with handling trade and tariff disputes.

Still, despite there being only two members who signed the treaty at the foundational conference in Tsarlung, the representatives of Bianjie and Xsampa are already working on negotiating membership in the bloc with other countries, who might be interested but could not be present at today's ceremony for certain political or other reasons, the Bianjian foreign minister Rong Litari said. The treaty itself says that it is "open to any state within Dovani, which signals a willingness to engage in coordination mechanisms, accept the trade bands, and commit to transparency", and officials of the two nations have reiterated this point quite often during the conference in Tsarlung, with Litari pointing out that there are currently open negotiations with certain neighbouring states, without mentioning any names. According to the Gemun Post information, likely the nations are New Verham, Midway and Medina. 



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