Serhat Aslan: Good afternoon, Ms. Granger. I would like to propose a few clarifications to the timeline you have put forward, if you please. We would ask that we tried to keep opinion or perception out of the matter at this stage, once the events have been established we can move on to motives, causes and so forth.
Mr Benn makes a speech informing Baltusia he has sought asylum in Kalistan to avoid jail.
We feel it is unfair to say that Mr Benn sought asylum in Kalistan for the explicit purpose of avoiding his prison sentence. Whether or not there was a genuine threat of persecution, in his speech Benn says that he fears for his human rights and that is the reason why he had fled.
The Baltusian government are outraged by Kalistans decision to allow a convicted felon avoid justice, they fear it could encourage crime. They believe that criminals may think that they could commit a crime and then escape to Kalimantan even after sentencing. They propose an extradition bill for Mr Benn
The laws which are described here as encouraging crime have been in place for hundreds of years so it is unfair to say that they would suddenly cause an outburst of criminal activity.
The Kalistani government don't allow Mr Benn to be extradited. However one party in Kalistan does support Mr Bemns extradition.
It should be made clear that it wasn't that the government didn't allow the extradition, we legally could not extradite him. It's true to say that one party did support Mr Benn's extradition, the Conservative Independence Party, but they would not have been able to extradite without facing a law suit in Kalistan's Constitutional Court.
The Kalistan Benn Enquiry Bill is created by the Conservative Party, they believe that Kalistan could potentially become an International crime escape and therefore the Conservatives raise that there policy should be brought up on the International stage.
We will reiterate our objection to the proposition that Kalistan could become a crime escape, Kalistan's laws far pre-date all of the parties in the Baltusian government. If our nation was going to be a hotspot of fugitives it would have become so long ago.
The Preparing for war act is proposed by the Freedom Party. That Bill proposes that Baltuia should declare was on the Yeudish Republic. This bill is irrelevant to this particular situation and the bill itself received a resounding opposition and condemnation by all but 1 party.
The bill is not irrelevant because, although we are now aware of the exact details of who proposed it, why it was proposed etc., at the time we were not. It undoubtedly impacted our decision making and this should be taken into account.
Two left wing Kalistani party paramilitaries begin training on the Baltusia-Kalistan border, they say it is to become 'accustomed to the area'. Baltusia respond by moving some units forward towards the border. They are moved forwards as observational and defensive capacities. The order is given by the President that our forces do not have permission to engage.
The area in question wasn't just the Baltusia-Kalistan border. Sections of the border were, admittedly, included but the Kalistani district of Vrassa wasn't even entered and the exercises went as far east as the Odufart Sea. We would also draw attention to the fact that the Patriotic Party of Baltusia made the claim that Baltusia possessed nuclear warheads, we would like a full explanation of this statement. Furthermore, these actions were taken within the same month that a DMZ was proposed. Combined with one party stating that Baltusia was going to engage in peace talks and combat- this was alarming to many in Kalistan.