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

Mr. Lazar,

Her Imperial Majesty does not equivocated between chattel slavery and indentured servitude or peonage, so why would she see a difference between chattel slavery and involuntary labor in penance for a crime?  Her Imperial Majesty is not uneducated, if this is what you meant to suggest:  She knows that slavery is slavery, whatever situation landed one in that condition.

For my own part, I am left to wonder if there is a difference in value placed on the lives of Her Imperial Majesty's subjects, and those who are forced to live under the regime of the Legion, and who are interned in a death camp, excuse me, a Prison facility if they make any attempt to escape.  Because if I am not mistaken, attempts to liberate one's self from Kundrati Mainland is also a "crime" which warrants a sentence of, is it, 10 years of forced, involuntary labor? as a penalty.

We are interested in admission of all such violations of what the world commonly refers to as basic human rights committed by your Administration.

As for pre-arranged deals:  We have no need for uranium or ores.  We do not use nuclear power for anything, and we have steady and long term suppliers for all industrial ores and metals we use in our production, enough to satisfy our market and our production schedules.  The lifting of the embargo is more a decision to end our protests against others for trading with you, so perhaps you will be able to more easily interest them in purchasing your materials.  We will be happy to export food and basic goods to Kundrati above and beyond whatever we conclude for our humanitarian assistance, to be purchased by hard international easily convertible currency, or specie, either one.

As for humanitarian aid, we propose the following:  We would be willing to commit ₭1 billion initially in direct food and medical assistance to the humanitarian effort.  This aid would come in the form of direct supplies from Kalistan, mostly in medicine and then credits for whoever administers the program to purchase surplus food on the international market for the program.  It would be far more efficient than attempting to ship whole cargo containers of food from Seleya to Kundrati Mainland, and draw on Kalistan's already limited surplus.  Once the relief channel is set up, it would be easy to simply add more money to the fund to procure more items.  As ODEN already produces surplus pharmaceuticals, including pain medicines, anti-biotics, anti parasitic and anti-inflamatory medicines, provision of those would be easy to account for.

The aid centers would be open to all and would provide aid for all regardless of party or political affiliation, and efforts should be made to get into the countryside where people are living to provide assistance.  Ultimately, Her Imperial Majesty would like to see longer term, sustainability become a focus, and this includes rebuilding much of the infrastructure which has been damaged and/or neglected, rehabilitating farm lands, and providing assistance to begin restoring the manufacturing base to allow Kundrati Nationals the ability to produce their own items without the support of the international community. 

Her Imperial Majesty trusts that if you can find a partner who will administer this aid fairly to your nation, we can work out terms by which they may also collect a small fee for the administration costs of the program, so Kalistan does not have to do it.  And we are willing to work with Davostag, Kirlawa, or Rutania if they indicate a commitment to fair and even administration of this aid to all, equally, without regard or prejudice for Party or Political affiliation, including to those you specifically would prefer no aid go to whatsoever.  Her Imperial Majesty believes that means testing is a recipe for failure, and would prefer the aid program be universal so that all may benefit.