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Luthorian Prime Minister to meet with Beluzians about FTA and raw minerals deal

June 5617 (backdated)

Fort William, Luthori - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Beluzia has today confirmed alongside the Foreign Office in Luthori that the Luthorian Prime Minister, Hector MacGregor would meet with its Beluzian counterpart to discuss "important issues related to both countries", according to Bismarck Palace's spokesperson. The Luthorian Prime Minister's visit isn't one that was awaited on the other side of the border, as since the Labour government was elected as part of the wider "Red Wave" trend in the Artanian continent, no major state visits were organised in the other side of the border by Luthori or even any other major Artanian state.

The Prime Minister of Luthori's visit will be also an historic one, as the Empress and Prince Consort are planning to come with him in a visit in another Artanian state, a rare occurrence knowing the Luthorian imperial family's relative seclusion in Luthori in recent decades compared to other royal families such as the Anantos in Kalistan and the Rothingren-Traugott-Ludwig in Dolgava. While one is an absolute monarchy so the monarch playing an important role in negotiations through state visits is necessary, the others are basically constitutional monarchs, which are used by the Dolgavan Government as a form of soft power renewal for the Kingdom of Dolgava.

The Empress and Prince-Consort's visit to Beluzia has been laid out and confirmed by the Orange Palace, with an extensive program being laid out for the 4-days long state visit in the country, with numerous visits in Beluzian towns and cities being planned, opening ceremonies, a state dinner being organised by the President of Beluzia in Her Majesty's honour and finally visits in Beluzian famous landscape alongside both the President and the Prime Minister and the Luthorian Prime Minister as well.

This visit from the imperial couple is considered to be a part of the Government's "seduction operation" towards the Beluzian people and government to increase the support for the creation of a free-trade zone between both nations, the Secretary of State for International Trade, Richard Campbell, who will be apart of the visit and remain on the sidelines to conduct negotiations directly with the Beluzian government about the signature of a "Beluzian-Luthorian Free Trade Agreement" in some months or years from now. This free-trade agreement is part of a wider Luthorian government's offensive on the world stage with countries such as Dolgava and Xsampa seeing an increased Luthorian interest at concluding and signing free-trade agreements with both nations.

The Luthorian Government is also represented by the Environment Secretary, Mr. Alfred Flecher, his presence at the meetings between the Luthorian and Beluzian officials may be apart of a wider scheme for Luthori to secure uranium deposits for its own energetic transition from fossil fuels consumption and towards nuclear energy, this has been Mr. Flecher's great promise when he got appointed as Secretary of State for the Environment and Energetic Transition, to lead Luthori towards a full energetic transition away from traditional coal and oil energy production to nuclear, drawing opposition from both environmentalists and pro-coal lobbyists, the former calling for "greener" energy sources to be used and the latter calling the whole thing a "hoax".

It'll be interesting to see how discussions turns out, but it's highly likely that a reasonable agreement will be found between both states.

@TheTimes