Eastern Terra Cooperation Conference

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Lady Marisol Paz Alvarez-Navarro, Marquess
For the Empire of Ananto and Kalistan

Ladies and Gentlemen,

First as a matter for the record, I have been named to be the sole representative for the Empire of Ananto and Kalistan. Her Highness, Princess of the Empire Nicolette Ananto-Collins has been recalled to Ananto so she may return to her life in Luxon. I have been granted plenary authority to speak and act on behalf of Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Carolina II Ananto here in this conference. The Clerk will please note my credentials, which were provided them and enter them into the record, with our thanks.

On the second matter, I believe that this is an agreement that Her Imperial Majesty will sign. There is one issue we see which we would like perhaps clarified in the final document regarding Article 1 on Economic Cooperation. Bullet point 1 says currently "Encourage Trade: Make it easier for goods and services to move between our borders by reducing taxes and removing unnecessary rules." Her Imperial Majesty would like either clarity within the text as to what "unnecessary rules" are, or to strike that language all together. One nation's unnecessary rules are another nation's instruments of coercive diplomacy.

Perhaps an alternative would be to promote the principles of reciprocal trade policy. Kalistan is not a free trading nation, nor do we endorse liberal economics. So we feel that reserving the right in this area permits us to retain that measure of our economic sovereignty.

Besides this we appreciate the language in the treaty and especially in Article 4 of this accord.

And lastly, I have been commanded to meet separately with the Nadiyan representative to present Her Imperial Majesty's personal greetings to the Government of that nation and to determine if it would be possible to meet on a bilateral level to discuss the possibility of improving relations between our two countries.

I thank you all for your consideration and yield the floor.