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FM Comments on Dovanian affairs
"Coups and foreign interventions are signs of failure" says Ontiveros
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
February 3, 5733


FM Ontiveros talks foreign affairs with Channel 1's Kristen Edwards

In a short interview with reporter Kristen Edwards, of KRTVN's Channel 1, His Imperial Majesty's Foreign Minister, Sir Miguel Ontiveros covered Kalistan's current stance on various issues currently ongoing on the continent of Dovani.  "The worst issues are being driven by coups and foreign interventions, and that is a sign of continued failure on the part of that historically unstable continent.  We wish there was something that could be done for Dovani, but only a few nations on that continent outside of the politically stable, affluent nations of the Anantonese region, show any promise at all:  These nations tend to look more like their Anantonese cousins in the west central part of the continent than the chronically unstable and mismanaged east."

The Foreign Minister singled out a few Dovani nations for comment.  The first was Istapali.  "Well, we don't have any interests whatsoever in eastern Dovani:  What is happening in Istapali, for example, doesn't affect Kalistan at all, on any level.  It's nothing more than a tragic tale of the underdevelopment curse, where underdevelopment breeds corruption which breeds civil war, which breeds more underdevelopment, and it is a real shame that the people of that country are forced to put up with a stupidly maladroit form of government, which is only there because it has overthrown another utterly inept and from the looks of it, fully corrupted government.  There is an Ebola crisis in the nation, but various gangs of criminals are fighting over an ever-vanishing public bank account which apparently has been so fully looted of foreign money that Lourennais banks are no longer willing to prop the nation up anymore.  And there was a time when Lourenne literally gave as much money out to literally anyone who wanted it, for any reason at all, whether it was a sound financial decision or not.  So...  that says a lot about how bad its gotten in Istapali."

The Foreign Minister added emphasis to Kalistan's non-interventionist policy toward Istapali.  "Far be it from us to comment on the high likelihood of catastrophic failure and state collapse in Istapali:  it's obvious that that basketcase of a nation is headed only one way, and requires no opinion from His Imperial Majesty's government.  But I can say that Kalistan will not be involved, certainly not while any aid we may send would certainly be stolen immediately by whatever gang of thugs in that poor benighted nation gets to pretend to be a government today, long before it ever gets to the people."

The Foreign Minister offered tentative support for the victory of the monarchy in Dankuk, which is called "Baeguk" abroad.  "His Imperial Majesty supports the notion of a monarch reclaiming the nation against communist insurgents," said Sir Ontiveros, "and is inclined to pay attention to developments in the nation to try to determine the character of the regime there with an eye to improve relations." 

In the next breath, the FM condemned foreign intervention in the Dovani Nation.  "What must be spoken against, however, is the foreign intervention by places like Luthori and Nadiya, neither of whom have any business whatsoever intervening in an internal conflict in Dovani.  This is typical of these two nations and is just another example of foreign liberal internationalism rearing its extremely ugly head in our part of the world.  Kalistan is quite hesitant to reach out to a regime propped up by these foreign interventionist missions, and will indeed simply watch to see if the monarchy in Dankuk is able or willing to rid itself of these foreigners, before making a decision to reach out more formally."

The Foreign Minister finally stated that it was His Imperial Majesty's intention to reach out to Xsampa to begin restoring ties.  "We understand there is some tension between Xsampa and our new regional partner in Utaristan.  That difficulty is between those two nations and Kalistan stands above that disagreement:  it is none of our business.  But Kalistan would like to restore a more traditional orientation toward Xsampa.  Our relations were strained over their custodial crisis:  initially the Empire backed the law and order oriented Custodian, until it became evident that the Custodian would not allow himself to be bound by the constitutional order imposed over him, and at this point, Kalistan withdrew its support.  Our relations with Xsampa haven't been the same since, but His Imperial Majesty would like to take steps to remedy this."

To this end, the Foreign Minister said Kalistan intends to send preliminary missions to Metz-Leonid to make contact with Xsampan counterparts to express His Imperial Majesty's desire for reconciliation and re-opening trade and cultural exchange along the lines of the status quo ex ante.  "Kalistan is not a part of the incessant strive that plagues that continent:  We merely wish to buy and sell from Dovani to make the lives of our people better.  This may involve an olive branch to be extended from our nation.  It is our sincere hope that whatever bad blood that exists between our two nations may become water under the bridge and we can restore our historically very strong and productive relationship with the socialist nation."

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