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Kalistani Republic
President of the Republic Says Kalistan to Stand on Neutrality
Anantanese Ocean to be closed to passage of foreign Navies
Kaliburg, Ananto District
January 10, 3983


President Smith stresses Kalistani Neutrality and declares Anantanese Ocean "closed" to belligerent forces

President of the Republic Poppy Smith-Bennots made a startling announcement yesterday.  Below is a transcript:

Comrades, Those of you who follow the international press know that trouble is brewing among the great powers of the world.  As you know, Kalistan is not among them.  While they fight and suffer and die, Kalistan remains in our own little corner of the world, unbothered by the world's problems and at liberty to live our lives as we wish.  This is one of the great things about our nation.  We are able to stay our of the crises of the world and ensure liberty and tranquility at the same time.  However, the storm clouds which are building are beginning to touch our shores.  We certainly are in no position to ignore what is going on in the world.  For this reason, we keep the Kalistani Regular Armed Forces well equipped and well trained, and we supplement our forces with the dedicated partisans of the Kalistani Revolutionary Socialist Militia, controlled by the Party.

The only way Kalistan remains a land of liberty and tranquility is if we stand on our position of neutrality.  No foreign state may take advantage of Kalistan, no foreign state may drag Kalistan into their wars.  Our neutrality extends over the entire sea that surrounds our Nation, the Anantanese Ocean, which washes the north shore of Gaduridos, the southern shores of Keris, as well as Selaya and Dovani.  We assert that the entire Ocean is of strategic concern to Kalistan, because if hostilities enter this body of Water, they threaten Kalistan herself.  We should never permit this.  We must never permit warring powers to threaten the peace and liberty that we take for granted.

To this end, I have ordered the Kalistani regular Navy to begin perimeter patrols.  We will respect the National waters of our neighbors, of course, but will not sit by as war equipment travels close to Kalistan, especially if we happen to disagree with their cause.  Our Patrols will be designed to interdict the movement of foreign militaries close to Kalistan and to turn them back, away from the Homeland.  Doing so will ensure peace.  I have ordered the Minister of Defense to begin coordinating LAFA patrols across the sea, and will coordinate those patrols with various surveillance efforts Kalistan has in place, including radar and sonar bouys currently at sea, to detect movement on and under the surface.  While Kalistan is undergoing rectification, we will continue to outfit more craft as LAFA vessels and will deploy them over the whole of the ocean.

We invite other states to take this seriously.  Any attempt by any belligerent force to enter the Anantanese Ocean, without prior coordination with Kalistani Naval command will be viewed as a  hostile act toward Kalistan itself, and will be met with an appropriate response.  Kalistan is a neutral nation, and will uphold neutrality in the seas surrounding Kalistan.

LAFA Packs like these fastboats launch out of Ananto and fan out across the Ananatanese Ocean

The Minister of Defense, Cpl. Millicent Grognard followed the President's speech with a statement in support of the deployment of the fleet in the Anantanese Ocean.  The deployment consists primarily of LAFA packs patrolling the edges of the Ocean, with several LAFA packs held in reserve.  As the Kalistani Navy continues to be rebuilt, the LAFA units remain Kalistan's primary defense at sea.