by zlopado » Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:55 am
I, unlike my colleague, can speak for the government of Cobura. We strongly oppose any reduction in defense spending. Simply put, we don't trust our neighbors. How do we know that we won't lower defense and cut the military, only to see some sneaky movement on the part of the Pan-Majatranists? This is a risk we simply cannot take. Should the Pan-Majatranists impair their own military first, we would be more amenable to cutting Coburan spending.
We would not endorse a free-trade agreement, but we would agree to a non-aggression pact, as well as a peacekeeping organization. I do, however, have some serious questions about this group. How would we keep this organization from becoming the same sort of sovereignty-threatening beast as the Majatran Union?
Eric Rivers,
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Republic of Cobura
House Forstev (Liberal Republican Party & People's Great Society of Hope) -- Beluzia