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Kalistan and Luthori have stepped back from Brink
Gaduri Intervention said to be "Key for Peace", says Chancellor
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
November 1, 5736


Chancellor of the Empire, Sir Johnathan Mickelson explains peace deal to reporters

Kalistan has accepted the Gaduri brokered peace proposal says Chancellor of the Empire, Sir Johnathan Mickelson. "We can announce that the Empire of Ananto and Kalistan has completed peace talks with the Empire of Luthori in Ciudad de Gadur and has come to mutually acceptable terms that will allow us to avoid war." The details of the deal concern Kalistan acknowledging Luthori's right to defend its outpost in Mordusia, including defensive naval activities in the Schismatic Sea, while obtaining the major concession around the removal of Carrier Support Group Clockwork from the Northern Anantonese Ocean.

"We feel we were able to acknowledge Luthori's right to defend its empire, a right we ourselves would claim," said Mickelson. "At the same time, we were able to express to Luthori the absolute necessity in terms of security for Kalistan that removal of the Carrier and elements in support of it would provide. In the end, we didn't get everything, but we got what was most important to us, and I think they did as well."

Gaduri moderation of the talks was crucial, said Mickelson. "The Gaduri intervention was the Key for peace, I believe. I think without having a credibly neutral third party to help us come to this agreement, that Gaduridos provided during these talks, we wouldn't have gotten there. But having the Gaduri moderating team in the room with us allowed each of us to frame the matter in terms of interests, without the potential to re-escalate. Plus, the Gaduri government was able to keep us on track, aiming not a resolution of ancient grievance and digging up ancient animosity, but focusing on regional stability and peace."

To enact the treaty, Kalistan and Luthori will immediately recall their forces in the Mad Dog, with compliance checks during the stand down. The Second Imperial Fleet will return to its Northern Anantonese bases while the Artanians return to their defensive positions closer to Artania. Meanwhile CSG Clockwork will depart the Schismatic Sea to return to its starting location in the Sea of Lost Souls, and defensive operations near to Mordusia will be taken up by the Luthorian 7th Floatilla.

Kalistan further explicitly reiterated that its security interests extend only as far south the sea between Gaduridos and Yingdala. "We maintain absolutely no security interests beyond that point. What Luthori does in the Southern Anantonese Ocean is not our concern. Nor do we patrol the strait in Rildanor. We are more concerned with threats coming from the south through Gaduridos into the Northern Anantonese. Therefore, if Luthori deploys its carrier south of Yingdala, Kalistan will have no concern at all about this. That is well beyond the range of our ships, which operate on conventional fuel and require resupply from Bentasur. As long as we feel safe at home, what others do else where is of little concern to us."

The peace deal in place, it will be up to both Kalistan and Luthori to observe compliance with the treaty's terms. "I think at the end of the day, Kalistan and Luthori both want peace. We are certain that Gaduridos also wants peace, and I think thanks to the level head of His Majesty King Victor of Gaduridos, His Imperial Majesty, Emperor William II Ananto and His Imperial Majesty Emperor Edward of Luthori were able to shake hands in the end and come home with terms they both could live with."

At home, the news of peace was greeted with a sigh of relief. Deputies in the National Assembly passed a unanimous resolution thanking the King of Gaduridos for his government's efforts for the cause of peace. The first elements of the 2nd Imperial Fleet are expected to put in at Port Swedes in less than a week, and the National Assembly has authorized a new Schismatic Campaign ribbon for those who were in naval service during the conflict. Kalistani Nationalists were reportedly grudgingly supportive of the peace deal, as many of them were itching for a fight. "They got Kalistani security," said the Chancellor. "So most of them supported the final package."

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