May 16, 5373
The Federal Government has announced jointly with the Kingdom of Kazulia that the two nations will cooperate wholeheartedly and decisively in the military field for the elimination of armed terrorist organizations in their nations. On May 14, the Federal Government confirmed that the Kyo separatist terrorist organization known as the Kungmintang (KMT) has crossed into and successfully taken territory in the Kingdom of Kazulia. With terror attacks already the primary agenda item of North Dovani brought to Kazulia's attention, the two governments quickly found mutual interest in directing and coordinating joint anti-terrorist operations along the border. Deputy Director Amarachi Uchechy commented on the new joint project during a press statement today:
Terrorism has no bounds and knows no borders. Dangerous ethnic separatists who threaten civilians with war and nations with dissolution must be dealt with decisively and firmly by all nations on the face of the globe. All Terrans share collective interest in ending insurrectionary violence and the terror it inspires in common civilians; it is a violation of the world order and of human rights. Working with the Kingdom of Kazulia for a secure, stable, and peaceful future in the region, we will surely prevail and hold terrorists accountable for their crimes. Through our combined efforts, peace will come again to Kazulia and North Dovani will surely be reunified stronger than ever.
KMT militants have since taken and held the Hidlenten Pass and Hjort Creek checkpoints along the North Dovani-Kazulia border. The KMT, who currently exercise control over the North Dovanian provinces of Pyŏnganto, Kwanghaeto, and Ramkyŏngto, apparently have already decided to ambitiously cross into their claimed regions of expansion. The northern regions of Kazulia, whose population is only 3% ethnically Kyo, have been claimed by the KMT as part of the greater 'Kyo nation' which they have publicly declared they aspire to establish. Such a state would encompass the whole of the Dranian Peninsula, the northern mountains of Kazulia, and the eight western provinces of North Dovani. These goals and aims are explicitly ethnic supremacist and separatist in nature, a right wing deviation from the earlier Metzist-Leonidist aspirations of the first KMT, which was formed in 5061. It is believed that the new KMT's support base largely stems from the impoverished and economically destitute Kyo population of North Dovani. The KMT has also cited historical injustices and the alleged ethnic cleansing of Kyo people in the northern regions of Kazulia during the 1st and 2nd millennium as reasons for its goals of expansion throughout northwest Dovani.
Deputy Director Uchechy expressed grief and sympathy for the socioeconomic plagues of the North Dovanian Kyo population, who suffer the most nationally from poverty and income inequality. However, she stressed that terrorism was not the answer and urged KMT militants to surrender peacefully. Deputy Director Uchechy has granted amnesty to all terrorists in North Dovani that lay down their arms and swear allegiance to the Federal Government, but has threatened that those who are offered mercy and continue to fight will be completely annihilated. In other news, brave defenders of the Federal Armed Forces managed to defeat a 150-man strong attack led by the Ahmadist Fundamantalist Rawani Kore terrorist organization on a Bakinteku outpost. Top Rawani Kore militant 'Babban Sa', real name Mahmudu Husaini, was killed in the fighting. On the Keobi front, NKAM leader Chikelu Nwabudike remains at large, but sources believe him to still be operating from a base in Ndụndụ Ukori.