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"Window likely no longer open with Gaduridos" says FM
Disappointment as Gaduridos goes ahead with massive expansion of oil production
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
November 30, 5725
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FM Ontiveros speaks with reporter at Foreign Ministry
Her Imperial Majesty's Foreign Minister Miguel Ontiveros no longer believes that Gaduridos has any intention to seek positive relations with Kalistan. "Moves on our side were limited and preliminary around the coronation," said Ontiveros, speaking with The Republic at the Foreign Minister in Kaliburg this week. "There was talk early last year of interest in a possibility of thawing relations, and then there was never any follow through. So we will just assume that that window is probably closed and will proceed as if Gaduridos intends to remain permanently estranged from Kalistan."
The Foreign Minister said that recent moves to aggressively expand the oil industry drilling and refining capacity in Gaduridos, as part of the PSSG's petroleum development program have done nothing but further alienate Kalistan. "We can tell what they are thinking by what they are doing," said Ontiveros. "The Empress was quite clear on her opinions regarding expansion of the oil industry, especially in Gaduridos, where one accident there could potentially foul Kalistani waters and beaches for a generation. And Gaduridos is going ahead with not only that, but extremely polluting refining capacity and petrochemicals development. Which is weird because they call themselves social democrats, but they are polluting their own environment directly, even if we ourselves never get any of the damage. They are polluting their own water and air and land first, when they claim to care about their people so much."
The Foreign Minister said the Imperial Government will consider steps to wind down any remaining Kalistani involvement with Gaduridos over the next few months. "Unfortunately this means we will be done importing those few things we had continued to import into Kalistan, things like coffee, some textiles and some steel. But if they are going to try to shift all the ecological costs of their development onto Kalistan, it will not be free to them to do so. This is tit for tat, unfortunately, but their enthusiasm for polluting downstream should not be a free choice for them. It should come with costs. And those costs should be severe enough to pay to clean up the environmental destruction that Gaduridos plans to cause in Kalistan."
Ultimately, the Foreign Minister says there is nothing Kalistan can do to compel Gaduridos to do the correct thing outside of war. "We can try to ask them nicely. We can try to threaten them with sanctions. We can try to hurt them economically, but at the end of the day, they are still going to do what they want, clearly with no regard to the thoughts on the matter of their neighbors. So what are our options? The worst we can do if we don't want to go to war is to treat them as we treat another gross polluting nation, Nadiya, which is as non-entities. It's a shame because we should be natural trading partners, as we had been for centuries. Kalistan has money to invest, we want to buy Gaduri goods. But we won't as long as they are waging ecological war against us."
The Foreign Minister said Her Imperial Majesty would be happy to discuss Kalistan's legitimate concerns with he Gaduri Government to come to a solution that can benefit everyone involved and keep our air and water clean of their pollutants. "But we have no evidence whatsoever that Gaduridos has any inclination to seek a new Modus Vivendi with Kalistan, and Kalistan will not be travelling back to Gaduridos any time soon. Put simply, Her Imperial Majesty is no longer holding her breath. She has more important things to do with her time than attempt to welcome people who do not want to visit with her."
He added in closing, "And Bentasur is not going anywhere. That was never on the table in the first place, so if that's what they are waiting for, they shouldn't hold their breath either. We use that base to protect not only our southern approaches, but theirs, and they don't have a navy, so they would not be in any position to take up that mission were we to abandon it. But Her Imperial Majesty would rather destroy that base and salt the ground that it sits on than hand it back to Gaduridos in tact. Because as soon as she vacates it, another imperial power will show up to claim it, and Gaduridos will likely hand it away."
The Foreign Minister said that recent moves to aggressively expand the oil industry drilling and refining capacity in Gaduridos, as part of the PSSG's petroleum development program have done nothing but further alienate Kalistan. "We can tell what they are thinking by what they are doing," said Ontiveros. "The Empress was quite clear on her opinions regarding expansion of the oil industry, especially in Gaduridos, where one accident there could potentially foul Kalistani waters and beaches for a generation. And Gaduridos is going ahead with not only that, but extremely polluting refining capacity and petrochemicals development. Which is weird because they call themselves social democrats, but they are polluting their own environment directly, even if we ourselves never get any of the damage. They are polluting their own water and air and land first, when they claim to care about their people so much."
The Foreign Minister said the Imperial Government will consider steps to wind down any remaining Kalistani involvement with Gaduridos over the next few months. "Unfortunately this means we will be done importing those few things we had continued to import into Kalistan, things like coffee, some textiles and some steel. But if they are going to try to shift all the ecological costs of their development onto Kalistan, it will not be free to them to do so. This is tit for tat, unfortunately, but their enthusiasm for polluting downstream should not be a free choice for them. It should come with costs. And those costs should be severe enough to pay to clean up the environmental destruction that Gaduridos plans to cause in Kalistan."
Ultimately, the Foreign Minister says there is nothing Kalistan can do to compel Gaduridos to do the correct thing outside of war. "We can try to ask them nicely. We can try to threaten them with sanctions. We can try to hurt them economically, but at the end of the day, they are still going to do what they want, clearly with no regard to the thoughts on the matter of their neighbors. So what are our options? The worst we can do if we don't want to go to war is to treat them as we treat another gross polluting nation, Nadiya, which is as non-entities. It's a shame because we should be natural trading partners, as we had been for centuries. Kalistan has money to invest, we want to buy Gaduri goods. But we won't as long as they are waging ecological war against us."
The Foreign Minister said Her Imperial Majesty would be happy to discuss Kalistan's legitimate concerns with he Gaduri Government to come to a solution that can benefit everyone involved and keep our air and water clean of their pollutants. "But we have no evidence whatsoever that Gaduridos has any inclination to seek a new Modus Vivendi with Kalistan, and Kalistan will not be travelling back to Gaduridos any time soon. Put simply, Her Imperial Majesty is no longer holding her breath. She has more important things to do with her time than attempt to welcome people who do not want to visit with her."
He added in closing, "And Bentasur is not going anywhere. That was never on the table in the first place, so if that's what they are waiting for, they shouldn't hold their breath either. We use that base to protect not only our southern approaches, but theirs, and they don't have a navy, so they would not be in any position to take up that mission were we to abandon it. But Her Imperial Majesty would rather destroy that base and salt the ground that it sits on than hand it back to Gaduridos in tact. Because as soon as she vacates it, another imperial power will show up to claim it, and Gaduridos will likely hand it away."
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