Kalistani Major History

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FM Announces failure of Deltarian Mission
Looks for new deals with Hutori
Kaliburg, Ananto
August 1, 5071


Deltarian sale of weaponry falls through; number of issues cited

The Foreign Minister, Troy Ulysses announced that the Deltarian Destroyer deal has ended inconclusively. "There were a number of issues from the gate," said Ulysses. "It's been nearly a decade since the deal was first proposed, and delayed inexplicably, which of course means that the proposed ships were drydocked and rusting this entire time. Naturally, the longer they sat out of service, the less value Kalistan would be receiving, and the more problems we would be accepting for the money we were prepared to spend."

The Foreign Minister also noted breech in diplomatic protocols, noting that nobody arrived at the Arrivals hub in Cachtice to greet the Kalistani delegation. "I wouldn't say we were deliberately snubbed," said the Foreign Minister of this diplomatic faux pas. "More like an oversight. We understand that we aren't really close to Deltaria, and perhaps not a priority for their government. That's fine. We waited a few hours, and turned around and headed home, to allow the Government of Deltaria to focus on their alliance with the theocratic dystopia in Luthori, and we resolved to look elsewhere." And finally, the Minister noted implicit political costs which may have accompanied the Deltarian deal that the Republic was unwilling to pay. "Access through the Strait should never have been on the table."

"We have already had informal conversations with our counterparts in Dorvik and Hutori concerning weapons sales. Hutori has expressed interest in having Kaliburg produce the Luxon II-Class Cruisers which we jointly modified from Hutorian 5100-Class designs for the Kingdom. We are also selling 15,000 barrels of KALNAPECO oil from the National Refinery Port Elga to Kanjor under the terms of the KALNAPECO Charter, and are looking for additional trade vectors. While it is a shame that Deltaria has been so reticent about selling its decommissioned military equipment to Kalistan, we will look forward to new sources for our modernization program."

As for now, discussions with Deltaria have broken off, and Kalistan goes back to square zero in naval modernization.