Rklemjistad Summit opened: Prefect Nasir first to arriveVanukean-Deltarian peace summit focused on Jelbanian peoples.Prefect Nasir was the first of his delegation to arrive, he will be joined by Ministers Banmek-Sntazed and Ashur, the latter is flying over from the World Congress.October 4421 - Despite rising international threat levels from the Northern Council the Prefect has pressed on with the negotiations. After the hard work of Minister of Internal Affairs Prince Wrntukai Banmek-Sntazed, who firmly stated that "peace for the Kingdom quite an internal affair", the Deltarians were willing to meet with their Vanukean counterparts in Jelbania. Further talks from Prefect Nasir with all the heads of the Jelbanian factions has led them all to agree to meet in the unoccupied capital of the Free Republic. The city of Rklemjistad will host the peace summit until all participants are content with the result. The government is keen to see success as foreign powers are threatening war at every moment. Prefect Nasir however stands firm. "Last I am aware the Deputy Prefect is keeping an extra keen eye on the national security of Vanuku, I believe Colonel Anzlék was drafting a proposal to assure no foreign powers could ruin this peace summit for the world."
However the Prefect also implored that this peace summit was not about Deltaria and Vanuku. "Yes, there was an open conflict between our nation but no, this is not about us. This is about the Jelbanian peoples, their suffering and how to go on from here. The peace between Deltaria and the Kingdom will be an easy one to achieve, as far as I could tell from communications with mister Thaller he seemed as willing as we are to unilaterally withdraw from Jelbania and sign a full peace deal between our nations." While the Prefect and Minister Banmek-Sntazed are already present they will be further joined by the seasoned Foreign Affairs Minister Ashur who is flying back hastily after attending several sessions of the World Congress. Here Ashur worked together with Prince Léopold-Eksandr d'Orléans-Vasser, the new Ambassador to the World Congress. Prince d'Orléans-Vasser is a descendant of the controversial Rildanorian politician Léopold d'Orléans-Vasser who emigrated to Vanuku after finding little success in Rildanorian politics. The 'exiled' Canrillaise royal was then given the honorary title of Prince and even served a short term as Foreign Affairs minister.
It is believed the spearpoint of Nasir will be the establishment of a confederal Jelbania and the financing of reparations towards the Jelbanian peoples. It is unsure what kind of general government the Prefect envisions. An insider has confirmed to
Wrntu Wrnuke! that another point the Prefect will raise is what to do with those responsible for the nuclear strike. No explicit pledges were made but it seems the GNP is lobbying to put Duke Zhtál on trial within Vanukean borders with some even calling to hold the abdicated King Juhn accountable as well for not utilizing his Royal Veto.
Fourth Fleet returns to Anantonese Ocean"We heeded the call, the Northern Council did not."Retired Brigadier General and Minister Heijkai Megàmotojokai, son of Commander-General Megàmotojokai of the Military Junta.October 4421 - Minister Megàmotojokai has seen himself forced to make a controversial but rational decision regarding the Fourth Fleet. In earlier negotiations with the Northern Council it was agreed that the NC member states would withdraw their nuclear warheads from the area of Majatra if Vanuku would withdraw their nuclear deterrent submarines from the Anantonese Ocean. In a gesture of goodwill the Deputy Prefect Zhtál, in close coordination with Prefect Nasir, saw it fit to redeploy the Fourth Fleet towards the Majatran Sea. When however the turn for Kazulia and the other Northern Council states came to deliver on their part no move was made: all nuclear missiles of the expeditionary force and Kazulia remain within the Majatran Sea or even within Majatra itself. When first asked of this development the Minister of Defence remained patient. "I understand their reluctance after the entire situation and will grant them the benefit of the doubt and give them another week" he said in the last week of September.
In the start of October pressure mounted on the Minister after the GNP spokesperson for Defence Matters, the famed Eksandr G. Anzlék, filed an immense proposal in the Grand Council regarding the national security of Vanuku. A member of the Zhtál Party, Sagzi Obbéz, as spokesperson regarding the same subject for the ZMJP raised the issue again that the Northern Council had not heeded the call. Anzlék then firmly called upon the Minister to act. Megàmotojokai was quick to budge and pledged things would change.
In a press conference today he confirmed that the Fourth Fleet would return to the Anantonese Ocean. "We heeded the call, the Northern Council did not. We gave them the benefit of the doubt, they betrayed the little trust we gave them. They cite the reason is Istalia's presence in the area with nuclear submarines. I myself find this a questionable reason as Istalia has the means and range to destroy everything within Majatra from a button in Romula, their submarines are only a symbolic gesture to put some pepper in their words. It saddens me that nations like Kazulia pretend to seek for peace but can only be accountable for worsening international tensions." The cabinet fears that the presence of the Fourth Fleet may agitate Kalistan, a nation which Prefect Nasir would prefer to see diplomatic relations restored with. The Minister of Defence implored to the press that the Fourth Fleet was under strict orders to maintain distance from Kalistani waters and that by all means the Kingdom respects every inch of Kalistani sovereignty and will not enter their Strait.
Enemies bury hatchet for 'Queen's Mission'Unarmed volunteers under Major Harif include abdicated King Juhn.The mechanized company of Major Harif preparing to enter the blast zone, this is the last known picture of the heroic unit.November 4421 - Several months ago a veteran officer of the Jelbanian War, Major Temrkai Harif, sent a petition to Queen Mrjmai to be entered to allow the blast zone and help any survivors and stragglers as well as clean up as much radioactive material that they could. The Major insisted they would do this unarmed in NBC gear with only softskinned vehicles to assist them in their travels. The Queen, and Prefect for that matter, gave permission to gather volunteers but the Major and his men were forbidden to enter the blast zone. The reason for this is that the Queen was thinking bigger and on her request the Minister of Internal Affairs Prince Wnrtukai Banmek-Sntazed petitioned to the Deltarian leader Sigeric Thaller to also gather Deltarian volunteers. The reasoning behind this is to show the world that two former enemies can stand together after a conflict and rectify the wrongs done to the Jelbanian people.
It is said that the Deltarian government was immensely enthusiastic about the proposal and immediately agreed, going as far as to propose to name the mission after Queen Mrjmai. As of the 1st of November 121 Vanukean soldiers have volunteered and have left with Major Harif into the blast zone as an improvised unarmed company. The company is expected to meet their Deltarian counterparts in the middle, after which the clean up and rescue operations will commence. The Ministry of Defence estimates that more volunteers from Vanuku will join now that the mission is officially condoned by the entire government, including the Queen, as well as the Deltarian state. Estimates are that the Deltarians will also bring over a hundred volunteers. The risks for these men and women are immensely high, with NBC suits only offering limited protection against radiation especially in the direct blast zone. It is expected that forward medical outposts will circulate the volunteers. Survival rates are set at 25% for the volunteers, with even the survivors immensely likely to contact cancer later in their already shortened lives.
The most surprising volunteer for many was the abdicated King. Prince Juhn, as he has been known ever since his abdication, is now 60 years old and served in the Armed Forces as a Captain in the Land Forces until the succession crisis. During his tenure as King he was Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and even as abdicated monarch he retains the right to wear the uniform of a Commander-General, the highest rank in Vanuku's Armed Forces. Instead however the ex-monarch has donned his Captain's uniform stating that he would only "serve with the rank [he] earned". The Prince refused an interview before deploying himself under the command of Major Harif but in a statement he has made it clear that it is his duty. Relatives of the abdicated King have stated that ever since the nuclear blast he has been guilt-ridden and depressed. The cynical amongst the Vanukeans have stated this to be the last attempt of a disgraced man to redeem himself.