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Foreign Office To Suspend Dundorf-Kundrati Partnership
October 5585

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A policeman stopping a vehicle at the Dundorf-Kundrati border.

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Dunburg, Oderveld - Following the institution by the Kundrati Union of 'labor camps' where the people are jailed for 'unpatriotic' actions, and where they will be used as free labor, the Special Delegate of the Foreign Office for Eastern Artanian Affairs Alexander Schumacher - who attended a summit representing Dundorf and voicing the Federal Republic's concerns relating the election of a far-right party - has announced that he and the Foreign Minister will adopt a 'suspension' of the current partnership treaty regulating international relations between us and our neighbors to the east, limiting trade and re-establishing border patrols as the main consequences. The suspension of the treaty doesn't mean Dundorf is withdrawing altogether from the treaty, as that action would require Bundestag's approval, but simply it will start not enforcing its provisions.
Mr. Schumacher released a statement after walking out of his meeting with the Foreign Minister this morning:

We were open-minded [regarding new leadership in Kundrati] and maintained that attitude by partecipating at that meeting. We said that other than words we would have judged facts too, sadly this new reform which jails people for unspecified reasons, broadly labeled as 'unpatriotic actions', and then uses them as free labor in camps, was a fact we judged heavily negatively. Today, we reached this historic decision, hoping that future leadership in Kasaema will work to repair this situation.

For now, the Foreign Office confirms, basic diplomatic relations will stay in place, so the Ambassador won't be recalled, but they made clear that this further step would be considered in the future, should the Union to the east not stop its authoritarian backsliding. For what concerns trade, Ikradun Island is preparing for an higher traffic of ships and cargoes, there are rumours that a new logistics contract to manage part of this higher traffic will be awarded to a company - possibly Pontesi's Derovyan L&T, sources says.