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Chancellor of the Empire clarifies statements on Dankuk
"FM had opportunity to explain," said Mickelson
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
April 8, 5734


Chancellor Mickelson addresses National Assembly on Dankuk's expulsion of Kalistani Consulate

The strange diplomatic tension between Kalistan and Dankuk stepped up a notch recently as Dankuk, called The Kingdom of Great Bae within that nation, has expelled Kalistani consular staff, whose job it was to process visas for travelers, offer basic legal services and travel information, and maintain an open channel between the two nations. "We want to express to the government of Dankuk that the Foreign Minister has had the opportunity to explain his comments, and I can personally vouch that he meant no personal offense to the people of that nation, nor their leadership. The term Dankuk is the historically common term in both Luthorian and Vrassan. It has zero ties whatsoever to fascism, support for fascism, or sympathy for fascism. Its just how our mutual tongue renders the word. The Foreign Minister understands that there may be a nuance there for people in the nation, but as we are speaking to Kalistanis who speak Vrassan, if we were to say Baeguk, nobody here would really know what we were even talking about."

The Chancellor said that the situation is exactly the same the Beiteynu/Amudim rebrand, or the Indrala/Yingdala rename. "It's the exact same: They chose to rename themselves Yingdala. But we do not speak Indralan in Kalistan. We speak Vrassan, and in our language, the word is Indrala. Same as if we were speaking Egelian: In Vrassan, the word is house, in Egelian, it is casa. The word is describing the same exact building. But if I was speaking Vrassan to Vrassan speakers, and I slipped 'casa' into the sentence, it would seem weird when all the other words I said were Vrassan. I'm sorry that members of His Imperial Majesty's government have offended members of the Government of Dankuk/Baeguk, but it is a fact of our language that we cannot help, unless we stop speaking Vrassan." He said the use of Nadiya externally instead of Trigunia is a special situation, "the exception, rather than the rule. Internally, the nation is now, and will always be Trigunia. Because that is what the nation is."

But that this trick of the language should so offend the government in the northern kingdom to the point that it should close the Kalistani Consulate there is inexplicable to the Chancellor. "We have accepted the peaceful closure of our consulate there, in the Dankuk capital. We don't understand it, but we accept it. And we have recalled our citizens. Currently, the Consulate listed about 765 Kalistani nationals in the country, and most applied for assistance in returning shortly before the consulate was closed. Many of these people were associated with importing and exporting from Dankuk's main port."

The Consulate assured the Foreign Minister that all were safe and none had been molested in any way by the state. "This is a decent thing to do," said the Chancellor about Dankuk's decision to leave Kalistanis to find their own way out of the nation without bothering them, "and the same sort of protection has been offered to local Dankuk nationals in Kalistan. We have also sent a message to the Government in Dankuk that we have a mutual interest in expelling those nationals who have affiliation with the old Communist regime, and would be willing to informally cooperate with their agents in capture and extradition of known communists in our nation back to Dankuk to stand trial."

The Chancellor however did not budge on Kalistani allegations of foreign intervention in the Dovani state. "We maintain that neither Nadiyan, nor Luthorian mercenaries belong on Dovani soil," said Chancellor Mickelson. "It is not interventionary for us to say so. This is a matter of principle. Luthori is one of the most interventionist nations in the world, and Luthorian nationals fighting for the Dankukean military undermines the claims made by Dankuk that they liberated themselves from the Communist menace. And the presence of Nadiyan soldiers and even worse, direct monetary and materiel aid from Nadiya, which is provided by their constant exploitation of polluting petrocarbon, is imperialism in its worst form. Literally oil money being used to win a war against communism, and prop up a state following its victory. This is disgraceful."

The Chancellor said that the issue of foreign mercenaries and military aid in Dankuk is a far more important matter than the pique expressed over a name. "His Imperial Majesty had hoped, rather than to be expelled, to build a fraternal bond between two monarchies and build a foundation for cooperation. The Emperor had hoped to watch the King's actions vis a vis the foreign interventionists for a sign that Dankuk was truly independent and sovereign, and was not to be influenced by Artanian military imperialism or Kerisian corporate imperialism. Unfortunately, the Government of Dankuk decided to address the least important aspect of the Foreign Minister's comments rather than the most important. And so His Imperial Majesty continues to maintain his position of non-involvement."

The Chancellor of the Empire stressed that the door remains open for better relations. "The Emperor does not dislike Dankuk. This is not personal, and he is optimistic that there will be a shift away from the influence of these foreigners. But the optimism is cautious. At any rate, Artania should focus on its own back yard and stay completely out of our region, and Nadiya should stop polluting our environment so it can use its money and soldiers to influence foreign nations. While those two things continue, there is obviously no room for Kalistan there: We would like to discuss matters with the King, not with foreign puppetmasters."

The statement was politely applauded by most Deputies in the National Assembly, but a little more enthusiastically by the Nationalists, who have been urging a more regionalist foreign policy from the Orthodox plurality for years.

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