5634 Legion/Kalistan Settlement Talks in Skyhold Castle, Constantine, Lagard

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Lady Anya Waltrip, Her Imperial Majesty's Foreign Minister, Empire of Ananto and Kalistan

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We want to thank our host, the Kingdom of Hutori and Mde Natasha Wright for representing her Nation's Government here.

I would also like to announce that Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Mary I Ananto has asked me to serve as the Empire's Chief Negotiator, though she will be in attendance.  We ask that all attenders to this conference respect the Imperial Protocol, as is practical with regard to Her Imperial Majesty, and understand that she desires to remain an observer only while here.  Any question you have for her may be directed to me, and she has authorized me to speak for her.  If I do not know her mind on any subject, I shall ask for the opportunity to confer with her, but I ask you to speak to me as if you are speaking to her, and allow her to remain simply as an observer.

In addition, Her Imperial Majesty has authorized me to announce that the Embargo against the Kundrati Mainland, and any nation opting to trade with it is hereby suspended for the duration of these talks.  It is Her Imperial Majesty's aim to remove it entirely, and pending progress on Her Imperial Majesty's earlier preconditions, we hope to do it sooner rather than later.  We would like instead to focus more on any other outstanding difficulties, conflicts or sources of tension, so that we may resolve them in a way that preserves both sides' dignity, and allows Kalistan to exit Artanian affairs permanently.

Thank you for meeting with us here in this auspicious palace.  I yield.