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His Imperial Majesty and Empress Consort find Dolgavan Royals "Very Welcoming"
Aikums, Kingdom of Dolgava
October 7, 5614


His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor, Her Highness, the Empress Consort, and Her Majesty Crown Princess  Jaanika in Aikums

His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Fredrick III Ananto and Her Highness, the Empress Consort Monica Ananto-DeLaurentis flew to the Northern Kingdom of Dolgava today to meet, at long last with the King Sigismund III, who is set to retire soon, and the Crown Princess Jaanika.  While the visit was formally referred to as a State Visit, the topics of discussion were more on the social side, as the goal of the trip was for the Kalistani Royals to introduce themselves to the Dolgavan Royalty.  "His Imperial Majesty and Her Highness wished to pay a social call to their neighbors," said Allison Stewart, His Imperial Majesty's personal secretary, official sign language interpreter and as such, spokeswoman.  "The meeting was quite informal and the Royal couple found their northern neighbors to be very welcoming and open to cooperation on a whole host of matters." The Royal Couple were greeted at the Airport by the Dolgavan King, who spoke in Vrassan and said "Welcome Friends!" to the Anantos. His Imperial Majesty, who had been practicing his Dolgavan, responded slowly and deliberately with "Man ir prieks ar jums iepazīties" in an accent which was difficult to understand, given that the Emperor had never heard Dolgavan before losing his hearing. The King graciously smiled at the Emperor's sincere effort, and the two men shook hands, and then they all drove into the City.

Though the meeting was primarily a social call, the two Monarchs did spend more than an hour at the Dolgavan Capital discussing affairs of state.  "We have a hand shake agreement on the status quo," said Stewart who served as sign language interpreter for the Emperor during the meeting.  "Most things that have been in place for decades are set to remain in place, and both men said they look forward to further talks about economic, military and cultural cooperation, including the possibility of Dolgava considering joining the Anantonese Security Community Treaty along with the Three Anantonese Empire nations and Egelion. The two monarchs also talked about intelligence cooperation in geographical areas of mutual concern, specifically the Karzon Strait, which is the gateway into the Anantonese Ocean. Kalistan, Dolgava and Lodamun have long cooperated on maintaining sonar surveillance of this stretch of land, and Kalistan offered to bring Dolgava in on new and improved efforts to keep that area clear of foreign ships hostile to Anantonese Nations."

One point that did come up was Kalistan's claim over the historical Kingdom of Karzon, a claim that covers the southern three Duchies in modern day Dolgava. The question was raised very delicately, and His Imperial Majesty reiterated the policy of Nicolette II that the title was an Historic claim that is not actively being pursued. "His Imperial Majesty was clear in reassuring the King of Dolgava that the title refers to an historic colony of the Anantan Empire, and merely leaves a door open for accession if Dolgava were ever interested in entering the Anantonese Empire. But as it is now, it is merely a title that does not compel any action on the part of either nation, nor is it permissive for Kalistan to attempt to make more active claims on any part of Dolgavan Territory. The Emperor was clear that Kalistan fully acknowledges and respects Dolgavan Territorial Integrity in its modern borders and have reaffirmed the law which makes it illegal for Kalistan to press the claim to the Kingdom of Karzon in any way, a law which has been renewed and reaffirmed since it was made under Empress Nicolette II before her death."

The business out of the way, the two monarchs were joined then by Her Highness, Empress Consort Monica Ananto-DeLaurentis, and Her Majesty, the Crown Princess of Dolgava, Jaanika, who had been having tea and refreshments, and members of the Dolgavan Government. The group proceeded to take a tour of the Aikums. Part of the tour included a visit to many of the places that Empress Nicolette I had visited in Dolgava when she toured the country for a week in the 5400s. The Kalistani Royal family said they really enjoyed the pretty architecture and cityscape of the capital, and enjoyed meeting with Dolgavan Citizens who were just going about their day. "We loved meeting the Dolgavan People," said Her Highness, Empress Consort Monica Ananto-DeLaurentis. "It is something we will miss when things go back to normal in Kalistan now that the war is over, but getting to meet normal people, just living their lives, and getting to talk to people without a bunch of formal rules really is a joy, and luckily, here we have had the opportunity to meet such warm and caring people who really wanted to learn as much about us as we did about them."

The first day ended with a large fireworks display to honor the visit, and both the Emperor and Empress Consort reported that the most favorable impression was that of Crown Princess Jaanika, who seemed to be a very forward thinking young woman. "The King seemed very interested in pushing his Daughter to speak on his behalf at every opportunity," said Her Highness the Empress Consort. "I really think she and His Imperial Majesty share similar ideas about the relationship between our two nations, and my Husband expressed to me that he believes that Kalistan and Dolgava can get along very well with people like Sigismund and Jaanika on the throne."

Following the fireworks celebration, the Kalistani royals retired to an apartment furnished for them by the Dolgavan King. Over the next few days, new Ministers from His Imperial Majesty's Government arrived, along with Kalistani business leaders, to negotiate restoring regular and open trade across the ocean and a dramatic increase in commerce between the two nations. Kalistan is keenly interested in developing new supplies to replace the resources and foreign made consumer goods which used to flow from Majatra and Artania but which have been ruptured by the War, and have not been available in Kalistan for the better part of a decade.

"His Imperial Majesty believes that Dolgava makes lot of sense to replace Artanian trade," said Ms. Stewart. "Kalistani consumers have lived without the Artanian and Majatran consumer goods we had once imported for a long time now, but rather than going back to trade partners who were either unreliable, or trade routes that could easily be interrupted by the internecine chaos that exists in the west, His Imperial Majesty believes that Dolgava and Keris as a whole might be a far more reliable partner." This opportunity was good news not only for Dolgavan exporters who want to start doing business in Kalistan, but also for Egelion, who will have a much easier time buying and selling from Kalsitan, as well as Kalistani Consumers. Relatedly, the KalSiE rose on the announcement of the opening of new trade opportunities with Keris.

The visit, which lasted 4 days, and served as a short vacation for His Imperial Majesty and the Empress Consort, was a great success, and the Royal couple was seen off at Aikums Airport by the future Queen of Dolgava. A formal invitation was extended to Princess Jaanika to visit Kalistan in the near future.

@TheRepublic