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Kalistani President calls for Naval Operations in Anantanese Ocean
Seen as response to "impunity" of Imperial powers
Kaliburg, Ananto District
October 12, 4086


President of the Republic Michal Jones-Terrance speaks to Kalistani audiences about the Anantanese Ocean

President of the Republic Michal Jones-Terrance issued a strongly worded call to the Government of Kalistan to begin naval exercises in the Anantanese Ocean.  Below are his brief comments.

"Comrades, recently, our international affairs experienced the sort of intervention that weaker powers must put up with on a regular basis, as the Empire of Trigunia sailed its fleet through Kalistani Waters and into Baltusian waters, without our invitation and without anyone's permission.  Then we read in the Indralan papers that the Black Tortoise Fleet, our old nemesis, the very same fleet which bombarded our capital city into ruins not more than 100 years ago, has taken to sailing through the Anantanese Ocean, ostensibly looking for Pirates, but in reality, as a message to everyone that it remains a genuine threat to all nations along the old Jade Route.

"This impunity must be checked.  Therefore, today I have asked the Minister of Defense to begin naval exercises in the Anantanese Ocean.  These exercises will send a message that the Anantanese Ocean is not simply a playground for the imperial powers of the world, but that every time a foreign fleet sails through them it puts Kalistani security at risk.  We mustn't stand for the cavalier attitude our more powerful neighbors have for Kalistani Security.  We should have the right to insist on some courtesy within our own waters.  Kalistan has claimed influence over and the right to have a say on the exercises of foreign nations within the Anantanese Ocean for more than a century.  These are not free and open seas.  Not where our security is concerned. 

"It is our hope that the great empires of the world take heed, and show some damned courtesy when they are putting the safety of our people and the security of our Republic at risk whenever they decide it is time to flex their muscles.  Kalistan is the guarantor of peace and security in the Anantanese Ocean, and others may not walk over our interests there without care, lest they get a sharp nail in the arch of their foot."