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April 5320 - Kundrati government renegotiates alliance agreement
Following the 5314 scandal of the Agency's meddling in Artanian foreign relations and the investigation of the affair by the Kundrati government, both sides have entered into talks on renewing the existing Alliance Agreement to secure their ties onwards into the 54th century
- Discussions on the MSO have reached a standing point in negotiations on the amended composition of the organisation
- MOIT reports the Bei Ishmael and Le Hofest Acts are almost completed after massive delays due to economic stagnation
- Beiteynuese Naval Command to procure 2 additional destroyers from Lourenne for the Yamin (South) Fleet in Istalia
- Conspiracy theories of a Yeudi Conclave pick up in Kundrati and Deltaria
Yishelem, Beiteynu - "As far as we're aware, this is a healthy discussion", was the statement of Noah Kadiyot, the Head of the Medinat Department, in a joint press conference earlier this morning with the Office of Artanian Affairs, "that comes as a result of both shedding a light onto our foreign policy indiscretions of the early 53rd century as well as Kundrati's reemergence as a diplomatically capable state, which, after extended talks, it seems that both sides are willing to turn the page and continue moving forward together as allies as we've done since 5288, when our nations entered into an alliance". The Medinat Department however did express its lack of enthusiasm on Kundrati's seeming lack of commitment to the alliance, citing how the Beiteynuese government and the Yeudi people did not receive much support during the Rildanorian, Badaran and Trigunian/Keris crises of the recent past, wishing that "Kundrati would make up its mind on whether we're allies and together on this rather than just one of their acquaintances", underlining how the "friends with everyone" mandate of the Kundrati foreign policy much pursued throughout the course of the last 70+ years since the civil war has barely made a dent in Kundrati's gravitas internationally.
The discussions have thus far circulated around a slight commitment to climate protection, an extension of trade quotas which have been surpassed regardless of the alliance's provisos as the Olami Trade Association reports, diplomatic mediation across both aisles, political influence and military. Insofar as the political influence of Yeudi Heritage Centers is concerned in the National Assembly, sources from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have hinted that the Beiteynuese Government is rather "displeased" with Kundrati's demands in barring Yeudis residing in Kundrati from lobbying politicians, considering how they're "Kundrati citizens with the same rights" and that such a "political manoeuvre" risks setting an "anti-democratic precedence", which, although the Medinat Department has agreed in revising under a proviso stating that Yeudi Heritage Centers are not political organisations and thus far can't represent organised political influence in Kundrati, has been noted by the Beiteynuese Government as a "situation to be monitored closely", in the hopes that Kundrati will change its mind. As per the military provisos, both sides have agreed to limit the presence of the Beiteynuese Defence Force in Kundrati just to the Beiteynuese Naval Command and the Artanian Fleet, which the Beiteynuese Command and the Medinat Department have both confirmed as the already existing intention and mandate of the Beiteynuese Government - "our presence in Kundrati has nothing to do with their soil and everything to do with their security and sovereignty at sea".
Executives from the Equifund - the consortium of public and private entities led by Beiteynu - have raised their eyebrows in Kundrati's demands to limit the threshold of defence contracts issued to the consortium from 50% to 25%. Albeit the commercial ties of both nations having been stronger than ever across a plethora of industries such as shipping, banking and food/manufacturing, the defence sector in Kundrati has been slow in picking up its pace, considered by many competitors such as the Artanian Defence Group and Lourennais defence manufacturers as "nonexistent", a sentiment recently expressed by Equifund executives as negotiations on a revised alliance agreement reach a point of drafting a new document. As the Beiteynuese defence sector seeks to expand its ties with the industries of Istalia and Lourenne, the revised agreement is projected to negate investor confidence in Kundrati, with Yishel Investment Group - a premier investor of the consortium - stating that it will revisit Lirnakican Technological Investment Bank's involvement in the Olami Kleneshek Expo jointly founded in 5307, as chatter in the executive lobbies of Beir Leshet and Tikkun Haganah picks up on looking elsewhere in joint research, development and especially the co-production of military equipment with KDC, of which the Kundrati entity has dived into extensively in recent decades.