Northern Seleyan Confederation Plenary Meeting

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Dame Jacqueline DuMont, Her Imperial Majesty's Foreign Minister, Empire of Ananto and Kalistan

To Item 1:

We believe that Seleya has an opportunity to stand together.  Right now it feels like foreign nations are looking to carve up Northern Seleya the way that they did Dovani centuries ago and our neighbors to the South more recently.  The independence of Southern Seleyan states is a thing of the past, because they opted to flee to a patron state rather than uniting together.  We too are interested in not being dominated by any state, whether they be in Artania or right here in Seleya.  Which is one of the reasons we made the proposal for the confederation the way we did.  But speaking on behalf of Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Pavlina I Ananto, Kalistan is willing to accept the role of equal partner in any confederation we may design, because our mutual benefit outweighs any thing we gain from a unilateral approach to Continental cooperation.  We acknowledge both Likatonia and Tukarali's concerns that we be equal members.  And we will support all proposals that this Conference will make to enshrine that principle of equality of sovereign nations.