Kalistani Major History

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Kalistani Regular Forces deploy north along Baltusian Border
Aim to ensure that Baltusian Revolution remains contained
Lucid City Suldanor
February 12, 5542


Elements of the 5th Regiment, Regular Armed Forces settle into permanent positions west of Lucid Morass

Elements of the Kalistani Regular Forces deployed in Suldanor to assist in the developing security situation in Baltusia. "We have ordered forward field units from the Kalistani Regular Force to the border with Baltusia to ensure that rebels do not attempt to make use of territory in Kalistan to assist their revolution," said General Katherine Williams today. "His Imperial Majesty has made it clear that Kalistan will neither help nor hinder the progress of the revolution, and we encourage other nations to allow the Baltusians to work this affair out for themselves without internationalizing the matter."

The General was responding to the deepening revolution that is ongoing in Baltusia. "This is a specifically Baltusian matter," said Dame Jacqueline DuMont, His Imperial Majesty's Foreign Minister. "Not only do we condemn the human rights abuses by the National Government, but we are also prepared to condemn international intervention in the matter. We stand prepared to observe the events, and quite honestly, foreign intervention of any kind will only make matters worse. Nobody benefits from foreigners intervening in domestic conflicts anywhere in the world, least of all in Seleya."

The Kalistani forces consist primarily of the 5th and 6th Artillery Regiment, as well as two tank brigades, and the 1st Mechanized Infantry Division. The three units are supported by Kalistani Regular Air and the Institutional Militia units associated with the Duchy of Suldanor, who are operating ahead of the lines and providing recon services. "We don't anticipate any incursion of the border," said General Williams. "The general staff is characterizing the revolution as a primarily urban affair. But we want to make sure that Baltusian rebels don't end up sneaking over the border where they might view things as somehow safer. The Government of Kalistan is clearly not on the side of the Revolution, but they are also not interested in assisting the Government against the Rebels due to ongoing human rights violations. So the position of Kalistan is to arm the border against both sides."

The Kalistani rules of engagement state that any armed or uniformed Baltusians are to be stopped, detained and disarmed. If there is any resistance, Kalistanis are ordered first to warn, and then if warnings are disobeyed, to fire to injure. If at any point, any militants surrender, they are to be treated well and returned to competent authority in Baltusia as soon as possible. "Our goal here is to help Baltusian civilians get away from the crisis, not to engage the Baltusian military or rebels," said General Williams. "We have adopted rules of engagement that will allow us to maximize our humanitarian mission along the border."

The mobilization on the border complements the naval action at sea which has established a defacto naval cordon off the coast of Althosia, also known as "Santiago State". The cordon is aimed at containment of the crisis and prevention of its internationalization.