COBURA REACTS TO ZARDIC AIR STRIKESCIVILIAN CASULTIES INDICATE ''RED LINE'', CABINET DEMANDS CLARIFICATIONCoburan prime minister Diamo Tesfaye has called for a “strong, united and resolute” reaction from the international community to the Zardic airstrikes in the Jelbanian tribal area of Yamtékstan. Tesfaye said Sharba’s response to the attack – currently being decided – would define Cobura as a nation. “The use of these weapons against civilians is not neutral; it says things about the government of Zardugal and our reaction to the use of these weapons will say things about who we are,” he told the House of Representatives.The Coburan former Governor-General Samira Zwazi Mehjad, has repeatedly promised that proven weapons use against innocent civilians is a “red line” that would demand clarification from the offensing party. Tesfaye added: “If air strikes against civilians are used and we know how to find out their provenance, Cobura will take measures to protect its borders from raining with rockets”, alluding to the Zardic Army.
The Esinsundu allies of Cobura have provided Tesfaye with his red line moment. His electorate has always seen his most positive quality as his perceived strength on the international stage. On the home front he is facing difficult strikes over a reshaping of the pension system and reintroducing the civilian/military service, on both which the government has vowed to stand firm. Internationally, as he has often said, Cobura cannot show weakness.
A Coburan undertaking of measures would depend on its intelligence proving both the use of deadly air strikes by the Zardic government, and civil fatalities. Although Cobura would be prepared to militarise its border – which is probably what the government means with ‘’taking measures’’ – With recently defence sources said it was logistically possible, it is much more likely to act alongside the Esinsundu Empire and other international partners. Tesfaye has previously said Cobura would be “perfectly aligned with the Empire” on this issue and he has spoken to the Hawu president by phone every day recently.
On the issue of lacking clarification, the Coburan PM stated that ‘’Zardugal has the perfect opportunity to clarify itself during the upcoming Majatran Alliance Summit in Romula’’, referring to the MA Summit in the end of the year, hosted by the Istalian president Sante Vespa-Baldassare.
Coburan public opinion is already sensitive to militarisation, due to rising tensions in the Meshtikistan independence conflict, in which Meshtikistani civilians fight for independence from Cobura. Even though the conflict has been relatively peaceful, a video of an executed Coburan police officer was sent to the Cabinet with the message: ‘the result of opression’’. As a result, Coburan minister of Defence Aedan Huranizado has already given an an ultimatum to the ‘’Meshtikistani terrorists’, claiming that if the Meshtikistani citizens in the region had not given up all their arms in 3 months, the government would be forced to intervene in the region to ‘’protect the Coburan unity’’.
The Coburan PM will attend the Majatran Alliance Summit in Romula later this year, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Trade and Industry. With situations becoming more and more interesting, the summit will be more and more loaded and thus could become of significant importance in the future.