Valruzian Media Syndicate -June 1st, 3402Diplomatic Ties to Deltaria SeveredStory By: Adam Berej, Foreign CorrespondentThe Valruzian Ambassador in Deltaria has been recalled due to rising violence and anti-Valruzia protests.-Naban, Alazinder, DeltariaViolent protests took to the streets in response to Valruzia's Foreign Minister's statement on the absurdity of the Deltarian Blue Shirt Movement, which condemned the violence with threats of retribution should it impact Valruzian interests. The protesters proceeded to assault local businesses and police with projectiles in retaliation, seemingly wanting to edge on the Valruzian government into intervening. While no movements have been made on the Valruzian Embassy as of yet, the Ambassador, Katalina Symczyk, as well as all her staff, has evacuated the area and has promptly boarded a flight back home, where she will remain until the violence subsides.
In a press conference earlier today, Foreign Minister Jan Rutkowski extended his condolences to the Deltarians harmed in this instance, but did not apologize for his statement.
Foreign Minister Jan Rutkowski wrote:In this global game of politics, there are no "take-backs". In essence, I suppose it was somewhat of a hollow threat, but I do believe that if their so-called movement were to interfere with Valruzia's dealings with Deltaria on an economic or military level, you can bet on it that we would not take this sort of thing lightly. [...] At this time, we [the Valruzian Government] do not recognize the Deltarian Blue Shirts Movement as a legitimate and proactive body. Furthermore, we condemn their actions in Deltaria and hope for their swift dissolution so that all of Deltaria does not suffer for the vain ambitions of a few individuals. [...] Stupid people will do stupid things. If they [the DBSM] wanted to get riled up over a show of support on our behalf for the current Deltarian administration, then that's their perogative. It baffles me as to how moronic their [the DBSM] support structure is, if they decided to order a retaliation against their own people instead of actually targeting Valruzians or the Valruzian media. Not that I'd like it that way, of course.
Defense secretary Adam Juńczyk has issued a high risk status on Deltaria, and urges all government personnel to withdraw from the nation should more violence erupt. The Minister of Tourism, Aneta Bouillard, has issued a cancellation of all flights to Deltaria, and urges citizens to avoid the nation until this situation blows over.