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Kalistan praises election results in Egelion
"Regime Consonance" whether planned or not, is "good for relations" says FM Waltrip
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
August 27, 5643


Her Imperial Majesty's Foreign Minister, Lady Anya Waltrip, speaking in National Assembly this week

Her Imperial Majesty's Foreign Minister, Lady Anya Waltrip was on hand this week to speak on regional affairs at the National Assembly. Highlighted in her speech was praise for the recent election results in the Kingdom of Egelion. "Her Imperial Majesty issued a statement in May that strongly endorsed the Egelian King Romulo's handling of the brewing constitutional crisis in Egelion as republican forces in the government attempted to limit the Royal authority of the Sovereign," said Lady Waltrip. "Her Imperial Majesty's government has been watching the developments unfold in Egelion this summer and is very pleased with the results as the Absolutist Coalition has achieved a clear majority in recently elections to the Royal Court."

Lady Waltrip talked about the value of regime consonance. "While I wish we could say that this was coordinated between our two nations, it really doesn't matter much that it was not. The fact remains that when we have regimes that are of similar outlook and under similar constraints or lack thereof, this tends to decrease uncertainty and increase credibility, which itself leads to a greater baseline of trust between our two nations. It is ultimately good for relations between our two nations. That means a more mutually beneficial starting point on negotiations going forward, and a more opportunities for cooperation and communication." Lady Waltrip noted that with both Egelion and Kalistan openly embracing Absolutism in their monarchical regimes, Kalistan finds it easier to trust that the word of the King is the word of the entire government, or that it won't be undermined or watered down by democrats whose interests supersede the will of the King. "Our monarchs don't have to 'check' with anyone when they commit to something in talks."

Lady Waltrip noted that Kalistan is interested in visiting Egelion to see if a new Modus Vivendi in the Anantonese Ocean can be established, now that the crown's reassertion of its authority has been ratified by Egelian voters. "Her Imperial Majesty is optimistic on this point. Kalistan has long maintained that the reported 'tensions' between our two nations was always more of an external narrative that was hyped by actors foreign to the region for their own personal gain, and relations between our two states were never so broken that they couldn't be repaired. Her Imperial Majesty was both pleased and flattered that the King and Queen of Egelion visited her at her Wedding, and has expressed some interest in meeting more formally to discuss where to go going forward, and though several international events have occurred, Her Imperial Majesty has always sought to put positive spins on things that even she, in past years might have looked less favorably upon, just to keep the door open and to announce that she was interested in working through any difficulties that remained on the table so we could move forward in cooperation rather than competition."

Lady Waltrip finished the section on Egelion by stating, "Her Imperial Majesty strongly believes that Monarchies should be both conservatively and institutionally oriented, and absolute in nature. She feels that even opening the door a crack to liberal forces will ultimately undermine the stability to the prevailing social order that a strong monarch defends, and when loyalty of the government is split between the Monarch and the People, the people, who are far more easily manipulated by instrumentalist forces, will always stupidly vote against what is good for them in the service of demagogues. Several monarchies are tainted by the stench of republicanism right now. We would encourage them to follow the example of the Absolutists and rid themselves of those influences. Kalistan has long demonstrated, and Egelion now confirms, that majorities can also prefer absolutist forms of government, especially those who wish for good government."

Lady Waltrip then announced Kalistan's decision to fully abrogate the AESA in favor of signing the Seleyan Economy Community treaty along with Baltusia, with the aim of "... increasing trade flows and infrastructure investment in our neighbor to the south."

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