Kalistani Major History

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Aslan Encourages Trigunian-Indralan Settlement
Kalistani Foreign Affairs Minister offers a statement in response to the recent heightened tensions between the two great powers
Kaliburg, Ananto
June 22, 4086

Following a recent disagreement between the governing parties in Indrala and Trigunia, both nations with which Kalistan maintains positive relations, the new Foreign Affairs Minister of Kalistan Serhat Aslan has urged both sides to reach an agreement peacefully. Aslan was speaking at a summit in Kaliburg, held by the Foreign Office, to which both the Indralan and Trigunian ambassadors were invited. The period of quandary is a lasting effect of the similarly strained relations between Baltusia and Kalistan when Trigunia took the unilateral decision to urge decision-makers to act by moving ships through the Anantonese Ocean and into Baltusian waters. Whilst it did force both nations to accept an agreement, the action was condemned across Terra, chiefly by Indrala. Aslan called for a measured response, saying:

Kalistan finds itself in a progressively more intractable predicament. We are repeatedly hearing that two of our closest friends, the Celestial Empire of Great Indrala and the Trigunian Empire, are being drawn into actions which pose a risk to one another. Obviously, this profoundly upsets us. We do understand, of course, that is simply idealistic to propose that all of Kalistan's partners should get along perfectly. However, I am calling upon both sides in this situation to pause and consider their actions. Neither side can be clearly blamed because we believe both have acted with good intentions, perhaps to their rival they may have seemed self-serving, but we must consider these matters on a grander scale. Kalistan has a great affinity towards our Seleyan brothers and we would not want to see them hurt but we respect the contribution Trigunia makes to our country too, particularly economically. Surely both sides can see that war, whether a war of battleships or a war of words, helps nobody?

Serhat Aslan took on the role of Foreign Affairs Minister in the January 4086 Cabinet. He replaces Luca Curti, who had been acting in his place whilst he attended de-escalation talks.