Badara

[Drax]

KAFURI STATE VISIT WILL BE WELCOMED
 
MANARA  ALBRAYD SRIA AL-MUSAMI
(If it’s in the Monsoon, it’s got to be true)
 
Foreign Ministry, August 17, 5648: In an interview with Foreign Minister Hakim al-Sabah, the Monsoon asked how the informal talks with the Kafuris were going, and he responded:
 

Really quite well to date.  Particularly with respect to trade which has vastly increased. We  need good trading partners and they are certainly that.  So we are off to a good start.
 
We have a lot in common although we recognize an underlying difference – they are majority Abadi and we are majority Israi. We hope our experience with trying to keep the peace domestically by reinstituting a Grand Iman as head of the Ahmadi Faithful will be helpful as will the Kafuri experience with Solentia.
 
We both want Ahmadism to be a religion of peace not a hotbed  of feuding sects. Working together we believe we can help this happen in Majatra.
 
A formal State Visit by the new Kafuri government is planned and we welcome it.  Well, our new government will welcome it.  We too are having elections, but I can speak for the Majlis on this subject.  It can show Terra we are determined to work together for the good of Majatra and convince the doubters among us that this is possible.
 
In future, we do want to address two other areas. One is petroleum; between us we have a  huge portion of the total oil reserves of all Terra. To date we have favored continuing to keep our production at a moderate and stable level so as to make income therefrom predictable so we can plan our budget with that cushion. We recognize that there are other approaches and look forward to discussion perhaps in one of the oil producers’ organizations.
 
Second, from our perspective the national security issue is pulling Jumhuriiat al-Badara back together after a good portion fell into anarchy. But we are optimistic on this score and soon will be able to address the larger  questions of Majatran security.  We are small, quite small in fact, but we want to be responsible and do our share.

Foreign Minister Hakim al-Sabah