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New Foreign Secretary, Carolina Pryce Offers Interview to the Times; Speaks About Foreign Policy Under Labour.

March 4th, 5559

Fort William - Mrs. Carolina Pryce, appointed as Foreign Secretary only 1 month ago, has accorded an interview to The Times, detailing her views on foreign policy and her view on Luthori’s foreign policy, whether or not she will be doing changes to the foreign policy established by the Conservatives during their 4-decade long reign in power. Labour ran on a “compromise” platform during the election, as the left-wing of the Party wanted radical change to be conducted on foreign policy, to “do away from the Tories”, with more emphasis on humanitarian, democratic and social values abroad, in contrast, the right-wing of the Party, from which Mrs. Pryce and Mr. Carol are issued from, are perfectly content with the current foreign policy decided by previous Tory administrations, although they are far more willing to include “idealistic” elements such as standing up for democratic and human rights abroad, yet, deep down, they are remaining pragmatists, not willing to see ideology taking over the nation’s “supreme interests”, as they call it. During his first speech as Prime Minister, Mr. Carol emphasized the “importance of democracy in Luthori’s national spirit” and the Commonwealth being Luthori’s “supreme interest”, as for seeing all Luthorian-speaking states become a part of this framework. The Foreign Secretary answered our journalist’s questions in that regard, here is the full interview.

Isabelle Morlington (IM): Madam Secretary, thank you for having accepted our offer for an interview today.

Carolina Pryce (CP): Thank you, and it’s normal for the press to be aware of the Secretary’s actions, especially in such a critical domain.

IM: You are one of the youngest Secretaries to have ever been appointed at Bismarck Palace, following the footsteps of Secretaries such as Andrew Meyer, Alexandra Ramsay-Hayden, and others. How do you feel, one month into your tenure as Foreign Secretary?

CP: With power comes great responsibility, I am completely aware that I am the youngest Foreign Secretary, to date, to take up office. And I respect and understand the legacies left to us by these great and responsible Foreign Secretaries. Yet, with my appointment to the Foreign Department, I seek to create a new era in foreign policy and how we are concluding foreign policy.

IM: Madam, may I ask what do you mean by “creating a new era” in foreign policy, does that means that the Labour government will do away with the old Tory methods and policies to create a new policy?

CP: Yes and no. In some parts, you are right, this Government is likely to put some principles in the front of our policy, such as Pan-Artanianism, Pan-Luthorianism, Democracy and Human Rights. Yet, also on the other hand, you are wrong, through the Foreign Relations Committee in the Imperial Diet and Senate, the Labour and Conservative Parties have been collaborating on foreign policy agenda and goals for a long time now, and it is not in Luthori’s interest of making a 180° turn on everything we’ve been standing for, such as the protection of Luthorian trade and shipping and the protection and respect of our allies in the World.

IM: Madam, you’ve said that this Government would put some “principles” in terms of your foreign policy conduct, you’ve mentioned Pan-Artanianism, Pan-Luthorianism, Human Rights and Democracy. I would specifically ask you about the “Pan-Artanianism” part, as it has been known to the successive Luthorian governments that Pan-Artanianism isn’t a position to take up. Is it a goal to restore the Artanian Union or to just create bigger links between all nations in Artania and the Luthorian Empire?

CP: To answer your question, I am very much aware of the very bad connotation that Pan-Artanianism may have within the Foreign Office and the Luthorian public, we have, with other nations, over the course of centuries, tried to unite our continent, but it seems, of course that these efforts have failed. My objective when I talk about Pan-Artanianism is to reassure ties between Luthori’s historical partners in Narikaton & Darnussia and Dundorf, while also speaking with other states who, as of today, either have a good relation with Fort William or don’t. In my point of view, it is important for the Luthorian Empire to foster and maintain good relations with its neighbors, which I’ll do during my tenure as Foreign Secretary.

IM: You had during many of your years in the Opposition dissenting voices in your Party, recently, a newly-elected MP for the National Labour Party, Mr. Simon Lombar has called for the complete dismantlement of the “Luthorian imperialist effort”, describing the Commonwealth. How would you answer that?

CP: Well madam, I think that you and your newspaper is aware that Mr. Lombar has first been, first and foremost, criticized by the entire party for his comments and then, as per with the decision of the National Labour Parliamentary Party, suspended from sitting with the Party-in-Parliament and, promptly expelled from the Party for his controversial takes on the Monarchy and the Luthorian way of life. I will also add that I am standing in complete opposition to Mr. Lombar’s extremist views and I think that this sort of speech towards the central element of our democracy, our Monarchy, is something that should not be tolerated.

IM: So, you’ve taken an anti-radical stance, haven't you?

CP: Of course, I’ve always been anti-radical ever since my entry into politics, and that’s a fight that I will continue until my ultimate demise. Radicalism and extremism are the two diseases that are plaguing any political democratic framework and ever since the implementation of the Democratic Process Stabilization Act, these extreme voices have been silenced, yet we must always remain vigilant to the threat of radicalism.

IM: Madam Secretary, you’ve also said that the priority for this new government, and the Prime Minister also stated that during his speech, would be the preservation and maybe expansion of the Commonwealth, would you mind giving us some details about these plans?

CP: For now, the Foreign Office and I are still working on the details. But, for us, Luthori’s policy-making, and we found ourselves to be in agreement with the Official Opposition on this field, should be focused around the Commonwealth and the preservation of her links with other Luthorian-speaking states. Of course, another important aspect of Luthorian policy should remain her willingness to conduct trade with other nations, in a respectful way, of course.

IM: I think that this concludes our interview, thank you, Madam Secretary.

CP: Thank you.

Now, something remains to be seen, where will the Foreign Secretary conduct her first official state visit, as the location of the country in particular and its place in Luthori’s foreign policy may give some hindsight on the priority of the Foreign Office during this term. Major visits may be held in Narikaton and Darnussia, Mordusia or more surprisingly, Gaduridos.