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Kalistani Minister of the Interior denies Malivian "discreet agents" are in Kalistan
Malivian agent is charged with Espionage
Kaliburg Ananto
October 30th 4913


Kalistani Interior Minister Tomas Brand, exasperated at Malivian provocations

The patience of the governing Socialist Party of Kalistan is growing thin with the bellicose and erratic behavior of the Government of Malivia

"First they send one of their spies to the Republic," said Interior Minister Tomas Brand, who expressed clear exasperation at the provocations from the Malivian Government, "after we explicitly warn them that this individual will be arrested upon arrival in the Republic, and then they claim to have 'discreet agents' within this country that are conducting espionage, when there is absolutely no proof that there are any Malivians who are at large in this country. At this point, I can't tell if they are trying to troll our Government or if they really are just plain delusional."

The Malivian Government's representative, a "Kamala Ghoshal" who is supposedly a representative of a foreign Party in Malivia was arrested while trying to debark a plane from Endralon at Kaliburg International Airport. "We no longer have any direct flights to that country," said Brand, "and so naturally they put her on a third party flight to send her to Kalistan. We have arrested her, and the Government of Malivia has asked for her return. We will return her once we have gotten all actionable intelligence from her." The Minister acknowledged that ODEN was involved in the Interrogation techniques in Ms. "Ghoshal's" case, though these type of interrogation techniques are not usually used. "Given the seriousness and brazenness of her arrival in Kalistan, and given that she is not a citizen of the Republic, she does not enjoy any constitutional immunities from interrogation and incarceration," said Brand. "Consequently, she will be detained in the Republic where we will continue to question her, and she will continue to cooperate with members of the State Intelligence Service."

According to Comrade Brand, under heavy persuasive drugs, Ghoshal has already supplied named of several individuals supposedly within the Republic, who she maintained were working with her Party's efforts. Upon followup on the information, it was revealed that most of the names she supplied have already fled the Republic, or never were in the Republic to begin with.

"This grows tiresome," said Brand. "Why Malivia chose to include Kalistan in its powerplay is a mystery, but we believe that it was a country that felt that it was not getting enough attention internationally, and therefore has decided to incite reactions in random countries around the globe with some ridiculous theory of an ancient Empire which has been rejected by everyone else. They are quickly becoming a pariah state, and therefore falling outside the protection of the international system. If they push the matter too far, Kalistan will feel the need to deem further Malivian provocation as acts of war, and will begin targetting any shipping or air traffic, civilian or otherwise which comes near Kalistani territory, because who knows what sort of threat these vessels could harbor. If they are willing to claim our Republic for their ridiculous empire, they are willing to do just about anything."

The Foreign Minister of Kalistan reported once more that the claim that Malivia has contacted her office about anything is an outright lie. "No, we have not been contacted. We read their foreign Minister's statement in their newspaper. It is all an outright fabrication, and either the Foreign Minister is misrepresenting himself to the Malivian Press, or someone in his office is intercepting his communiques, but the notion that we have received any messages from Malivia, either before or after they decided to try to delegitimize Kalistani Sovereignty is a flat out falsehood."

This nadir in relations with a country that was, until a few years ago, not even on Kalistan's radar, is troubling to say the least. "We are preparing all options," said Minister Brand. "Nothing is off the table at this point, including the authorization of privateers to operate in and around Kalistan against Malivian shipping."