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Foreign Minister Allen announces steps toward new relationship with Kazulia"Burying old hatchets might be profitable", say venerable statesman
Kaliburg, Ananto
November 17, 4491


Moses Allen announces possible Kazulian Overture

"The Free Trade agreement is the first step," said Foreign Minister Moses Allen at a luncheon for the Foreign Service operators last week in Kaliburg.  "We'll finally put to bed a nearly century old dispute over our national sovereignty, and set up a whole new sector in Kalistan's burgeoning electronics market.  Burying old hatchets might just be extremely profitable for Kalistan."

The Foreign Minister was referring to a series of initiatives coming from the Office of the President of the Republic which would open Kalistani markets to their old adversaries in the Kazulian Kingdom.  "Now that they have abandoned the Northern Council and appear to be rolling back their expansionist foreign policy, their moves are easing pressures in the Northern Anantonese.  Their Foreign Minister said his government was willing to work with Kalistan on resolving disputes over military shipping in the [Ananto] Strait.  Meanwhile, we also have the makings of a steel deal which will allow KalNaFerCo to expand foundry operations into Kazulia, and will open a market for KalMoCo, while creating opportunities for Kazulian interests to expand into the electronics manufacturing markets in Suldanor."

The news was met by enthusiasm from both the foreign policy community and the business community.  The Kalsie Index was up 3% on the news, with investors flooding KMD and KNF with cash:  KMD stocks rose 4% to 4.82 and KNF rose by 3.5% to 6.123.  Both industries stand to gain from any deals with Kazulia. The Investment community privately expressed their hopes that any deals concluded in the near term are merely the first in a series of ties between the two former rivals.