New Mako Police have found two people dead in their home, after picking up what is believed to be the nerve gas canister used in the assassination of former N&GB leader Gerald Fernsby. They have also identified the NGBSS agents that carried out the attack, however, they had left the country before being identified.
Foreign Minister Kiki Okiko has described this as an unacceptable violation of Izaakian sovereignty, and that there will be consequences for the N&GB regime which will be announced in the coming days.
The Snovian government has called the USI “hypocritical”. “We are working on a peaceful transition, but you shouldn’t demand it, if your weapons kill our soldiers”, the Snovian minister of defence said.
A location and date for talks between the Snovian government and the separatists has been agreed upon. On Friday officials are planning to meet on Government Island together with Sedunnic mediators. Low-rank RIM members have already warned against undermining the talks: “Hazelia doesn’t need to be the next Reizen, Straton or Hawk.”
The Frost Empire is closely monitoring the situation in Hazelia and has refused to publicly comment on the ongoing negotiations between the RIM backed Separatists and Snovian government. However, officials have privately voiced their discontent at the situation and have joined forces with an emboldened ultranationalist coalition in trying to pressure the Kensei Administration to take swift action against the RIM.
The Reizen Independence Movement Leadership has also sent a public warning to the Snovian regime to not “Drag their feet in releasing Hazelia” in addition to sending photos of Snovian Government Officials and their families crossed out to their residences in Hazelia.
The Emeraldian Navy has commissioned the Liberty Class Littoral Combat Ship, ERNS Unity LCS-06, as the sixth littoral combat ship to enter service. It is currently seen as the replacement for the Democracy.
The Termina Commerce Confederacy is divided on which side to support in the Hazelian Crisis. Pro-Entente City-states led by Higurashi warned that backing the RIM Supported Separatists would be detrimental in maintaining trade relations with other countries. However, Pro-Independence city-states such as Point Rain, hit back saying an Independent Hazelia is a potentially lucrative endeavor and an opportunity to wean them away from “unsavory” organizations like the RIM.
The Streets of Point Rain, Termina were filled with celebration as the news of the completion of the Valkyrian withdrawal from Hystaiga reached the Terminan city-state.
Kliegme’s Ambassador to Termina has proposed a conference for a Bilateral Investment Treaty
An anonymous Kliegmean Trade expert expressed that the Kliegmean Government may have been encouraged by recent developments, such as Termina’s approval of the construction of “Vostokrabry” Gas Pipeline, and the decline of Izaakia-Termina trade relations.
Considering the continuously dire situation in regards of water supply in Denver, the Gianatlan government has announced to increase efforts to send the life-saving liquid to the area.
At the same time, they called for WF members and the WF administration to tackle the ineffective WFR 13 and amend it in such a way, that the Department of Peace Operations can finally start working. “Especially in situations like this, it is obvious that it’s crucial to have such a department and not leave a country to beg for support on several doorsteps everyday”, foreign minister and former WF speaker Strunk said.
Prior to the start of the negotiations between Snolland and the Hazelian separatists, which are backed by the USI and RIM, the First Governor of Hazelia Honninn has allegedly been kidnapped again as secessionist forces have managed to march onto the capital Jufutu today.
Snovian military now only hold the South-West coast and parts of the capital in Hazelia anymore and are vastly outnumbered by secessionist forces. A ceasefire for the duration of the talks has not been agreed upon.
“Considering ineptitude of everyone in keeping world peace (…) As well as South Cordilia being treated as a corpse (…) We enact a national decree on creating an undefeatable armada by the eve of 2023. We are not calling this a failure of diplomatic approaches, but they are.”
-The Office of the Head of State, signed "Tayna Xhuglini (S.R.G.)
Snolland Involvement Deepens: “Fire and Forget”
V.A.F. A.F. equipment have been dispatched together with Aerial Battalion of 5,000 aircrew and 200 aircraft with re-supply chains both in Higurashi and South-West Hazelia. Split into 4 Wing Groups they are, along with 20 GCDP engineers, to be under supreme command of Vice Marshall “Ignatiev”.
Continuous aerial strikes of 6-6-6-6 hours are commenced at strategic Hazelian and RIM positions, aimed at: State one: Destroying all military and civilian supply chains. Stage two: Defending the positions for continuous re-supply. Stage three: “Conducting no negotiations with Hazelian insurgents nor RIM until they are crippled enough not to properly negotiate.”
T.C.P. on the other hand is questioning the morality of this operation and asks “Why the Aerial Battalion both DENVER S-1 with Nuclear Warhead Type II and PERMTRAIL aircraft with EDC release agents”
UPRAN ministry of foreign affairs points out at the hypocrisy of Viliakmon for using an inexistent “invencible armada” to “keep” peace in the region, aside from the impossibility of creating one. If Viliakmon needs to be more relevant in the world stage, they should start taking global diplomacy seriously.
Also would be useful to point out that with the withdrawal of Valkyria from Hystaiga, Cordilia has become more peaceful than ever, and is counterintuitive to feed more fuel into the problem with threats of military action.
RIM fighters report “clear skies” to journalists reckless enough to embed themselves in RIM units as they continue the offensive to support their Hazelian comrades with their bid to expel the Snovians from Jufutu.
A munitny in the Ikaranarean navy led to the damaging of 2 destroyers and the arrest of more than 100 naval sailors. The FIC is working with the Navy Command to investigate the incident.
Weisserstein officials sent their condolences to those who were affected by the terrorist attack at Point Rain. “…what happened [at Point Rain] was a tragedy…” stated Chancellor Friedrich Müller.
While talking about the situation with the Navy, Garovo Alertz and the Foreign Affairs Minister were informed about the situation in Point Rain. They both sent their condolences and said “we will be monitoring this situation closely.”