Luthori

[Ligbruderkrieg]

Blackhall Palace’s position on the Xsampan crisis has been remarked to have been “...tacit acceptance...” of the Custodian’s rule over the Dovanian nation, however, Luthori continues to state that the Empire merely aims at “...reassert her position that stability in international waters is paramount to Luthori’s interests...”

However, today, at the Oliver Brennett Press Room, the foreign office’s spokesperson, Jonathan Matter while answering a standard Q&A session at his podium, answering questions from a crowd of eager journalists from every mainstream media outlet, embarked into a sharp criticism of some nations’ “...suspicious and ill-intended...” behaviour during the crisis, notably criticising the Institute for Egelian Diplomacy for their diplomacy “built on arrogance and severe projection,” even among their partners.

“...It is understandable that numerous states issue their vocal opposition to the Custodian’s actions, however, it is a perplex choice of words in Egelion’s part.” he said regarding the Egelian’s strong condemnation of the Custodian’s action to invoke the New Democracy Act.

He stressed that in Luthori’s view, the Custodian’s action to invoke the New Democracy Act “remained perfectly under his prerogatives” and added that it wasn’t “Luthori’s place to meddle her way in the domestic affairs of other nations.”

“...It is quite worrying that the first Egelian attempt at diplomacy regarding the Xsampan dossier, is to immediately resort to aggressive language and positioning, that’s quite unfortunate on our end. Luthori remains cautious on the affair, awaiting the judgement of the Custodian’s actions by Xsampan courts, but Egelion has immediately thrown the weight of potential sanctions or, embargo upon Xsampan goods to indirectly increase the pressure towards the Supreme Revolutionary Court...” Mr. Matter said regarding the Egelian response to the crisis unfolding in Xsampa, furthermore, he stated that “...Egelion is using the threat of economic warfare against one of its own allies to pressure its judiciary to establish a ruling favourable to her interests and to the preservation of her informal sphere of influence in Dovani...”

“That is, in my view, quite unfortunate, and quite an unfortunate detail of how Egelian authorities hold their partnerships with Dovanian nations. They do not see them as partners, with whom they could co-operate in every single situation, they see them as puppets, that need to be forced to stay in line if the threat of them drawing away from the Kingdom becomes clearer day by day. How can they do that? By threats, here the mere threat of economic warfare is used to preserve their influence over Dovani.”

When asked about whether or not, in his view, Egelion would have had the same reaction if the Custodian was pro-Egelian and not the skeptic of the Altéa Accords that he’s today, Mr. Matter responded by saying that “...while creating uchronia aren’t my best ability, I could see Egelion not reacting in the same way that they’ve done here, merely calling for the return of calm and deferring the situation to Xsampan officials...”

When a journalist from the Times (Susan Lee) challenged the press spokesperson’s statement, by saying that Egelion’s motives are, according to the IDE, “...striving to the steadfast removal of the emergency powers and the restoration of democratic rule in Xsampa...” He answered that Luthori remained committed to seeing this being the case as well, but stressed that the Custodian has some anti-Egelian sentiment in his policies, warranting such an Egelian response: “...You’ve never seen a nation threatening plunging people into poverty in order to restore democracy, haven’t you?”