Greetings fellow colleagues, distinguished delegates, honorable Foreign Ministers, esteemed Heads of Government and noble Heads of State,
I am Foreign Affairs Minister Tokuro Tanemoto of Greater Hulstria and I welcome you to the New Englian Conference!
Today we gather in Kien to celebrate the 50 year anniversery of the signing of the Treaty of New Indrala, the document that officially ended the New Englian Crisis, a crisis that plaqued Dovani and Terra for more than 20 years. While it may have seemed in the first stages of the Crisis no end was in sight, Dovani and Kirlawa pulled together to reject a possiblyily of a war instead we decided that peace and diplomacy would be in the interests of not only that generation but future ones as well. Our former leaders came collectivly to solve that Crisis and they did; leaders from Kirlawa, Kazulia, Hulstria and Sekowo would become the Quadruple Alliance in cooperation sealed the Treaty of New Indrala without having to shed blood. They argeed that 50 years after the signing of the historic treaty that another conference would be held to discuss progress and eventually the fate of New Englia; they wanted future generations to decide on this, we need to pick off where they left off.
We gather too to also see through the fate of New Englia, we gather to see what kind of road that territory will take after 50 years of undisturbed, peaceful joint-rule government; we have delegation from New Englia and I welcome them to this conference. They played a big and helpful part in the first rounds of conferences during the 2710s and I expect them to play such a role again; their citizens have been patient and graceful these past 50 years. They welcomed us in open arms, such respect should not go un-noted, the citizens of New Englia have truly been crucial to the success of this joint-rule government.
We have delegations from Hulstria, Kazulia, New Englia, Kirlawa, and Sekowo here with us; please do make yourselfs known to the conference and we shall begin immediately after introductions are made. As you already know by the message my party has sent you, we will be discussing what progress has been made since 2723, what each country has been doing to help New Englia modernize, if we should continue Quadruple Alliance after this conference is over, and will be discussing the fate of the New Englian territory; I'd like for us to come up with more options or roads New Englia can take so the voters there can have a bit more flexiblity in choosing their future.
Again, welcome to Kien, and welcome to the New Englian Conferences!
Tokuro Tanemoto
Foreign Affairs Minister of Greater Hulstria