Emperor Aaban I of Medina, Speaking on Behalf of the Dovani UnionAfter long discussions with my allies on the Union, I can confirm that we are willing to accept the vast majority of these conditions without alteration.
We have merely a handful of complaints. First, any reference to the NC deciding the placements of equipment, overseeing operations, so on and so forth, as in Article 3, should be removed and replaced with a reference to a joint decision... The Northern Council alone will not dictate where we place our arms; it must be a mutual decision, or one overseen merely by the Dovani Union. Would you expect us to determine where you place your equipment? Certainly not. If it is great importance to you we have no qualms with making a joint decision, still.
Second, we object to the Article concerning reparations. The Dovani Union will not pay reparations for the events of the long past. What we are willing to provide is a voluntary development contribution to be negotiated with New Alduria and New Alduria alone — we would expect these funds only to be invested in areas relating to the redevelopment of areas severely damaged by the war and would insist on overseeing this.
We are happy to provide any information regarding minefields and potential dangers to civilian life or military movement in nations outside of the Dovani Union’s jurisdiction, but not within, say, Medina or Istapali. Your troops will not be manoeuvring through here, so we expect there will be no arguments here. I’m sure you understand our need to maintain some military secrets for defensive purposes.
Similarly you can see why we must completely reject Article 9. There is simply no way we can trust you enough at this point not to use this information maliciously... it would be nothing short of a tactical disaster to agree to this and would threaten peace forever in our lands.
Finally, regarding Article 7; we are confident that you will understand that no leading governmental figures such as myself can be considered as having committed any war crimes nor be removed from power on these grounds. In addition, we believe that no war crimes have been committed by the current members of this Union, except in New Alduria, where an isolated few cases where less than a dozen individual troops and a handful of low level commanders stepped outside of official orders and exercised the execution of a small number of civilians. With regards to the former group, we shall ourselves be initiating disciplinary actions and criminal charges against the individual troops concerned; we are happy to also do the same for the few commanders who attempted to implement these types of things, or to hand them over to be trialled elsewhere if you wish. Nobody who has followed official orders however will be taken, or whom we believe there is too little evidence to justify an arrest. We believe the specifics can be worked out between us.
Otherwise, we are generally happy with your terms; obviously, some of them will have to be reciprocal. We shall outline this on the document that is now being handed to you all by my colleagues.
Dovani Union DemandsArticles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 (upon review; if applicable) should have reciprocal equivalents with specifics to be agreed at a later date.
We believe that a development contribution should be paid to Temania to pay for the significant damage done by the invasion from the Northern Council, with specifics to be decided separately. You are free to observe that these funds go exclusively to civilian redevelopment.
Any ‘liberated’ nations, namely Temania, Ntoto and Statrica, are to hold a legally binding referendum within 12 months of this agreements final ratifications with the following question; should the nation rejoin the Dovani Union? A joint local, Dovani Union and Northern Council group should oversee operations directly to ensure the democratic process is carried out. No single group is to undertake any actions with regards to this without the other groups having a representative present.
If the aforementioned nations vote ‘Yes’, then those nations must initiate proceedings to rejoin the Dovani Union within 2 months of the referendum result. If they vote ‘No,’ then the Dovani Union will respect their decision but will remain open to them rejoining at a later date.
Additionally an independent government must be established in the aforementioned nations and both DU and NC forces withdraw or form a joint peacekeeping force as soon as is feasibly possible. This government is to be free from any Northern Council or Dovani Union influence and to be completely independent.
Northern Council Naval Forces should be withdrawn from the seas close to any DU borders, specifically to the South Indrala Sea and beyond. Ostland is the exception; their location means we are happy to have them remain in local territories providing this is not abused in any way.
The Dovani Union and Northern Council must accept joint responsibility for the War and agree to move forwards with peace and stability in mind. Neither must hinder each other’s attempts to grow and evolve, nor attempt to affect regime change in any way of their constituent nations. There is to be no attempt to stop decisions from other nations to join the DU or NC being carried forth fairly in accordance to the local constitutions. There are to be no offensive military activities authorised taking place within the Dovani Union or Northern Council’s lands by either side. Trading standards are to be agreed at a later date; diplomatic institutions, namely embassies, are to be established in both groups. Guarded checkpoints are to be established at the borders between the DU and NC nations with citizens not deemed a security risk allowed to pass peacefully through the borders through the relevant legal instititions. In general, both groups must attempt not to attack, derail, or influence each other and move forward in friendship and not opposition.
In accordance with this anti-antagonistic philosophy no attempt to influence the war in Vascania against the Confederal forces is to be made by the Northern Council due to Medina and the Union’s ongoing relationship with this group.