Roast Lamb meets Kimchi (Australia - Reitzmag Summit)
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The President welcomed the Reitzmic delegation. He was at the Canberra Airport. He knew this was very important. Mr. Rudd was happy to see them. He spoke Chinese.
"Hello and welcome to Canberra," Mr. Rudd said. "Pleasure to meet you."
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Simon descended the stairs and shook the hands of President Rudd. He's surprised at the way the president spoke chinese, a bit of an accent but he does nail the intonations. He replies in chinese to his colleague.
SB: "谢谢，陆克文先生，我也很高兴见到你。 很高兴回到我父亲每次带我出差时我通常都会来的地方。(In English: Thank you, I'm glad to meet you too Mr. Rudd. It's very good to be back here where I usually come to whenever my father takes me to his business trips.)"
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"Ha yes," said the President. "Please follow me."
They walked to a motorcade. The Reitzmic delegation went into a KIA. Then, they proceed through Canberra. Unlike Sydney or Melbourne, Canberra was a medium-sized city. It really only existed for the federal government. The scenery was pretty but boring. Eventually, they arrive at Government House, the presidential residence. The President and Foreign minister led them in.
"Eventually, what would you like to start with," Mr. Rudd said in Chinese.
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Simon knew that English would be a better language for communication, so he replied in English instead to save Mr. Rudd from making a mistake in the language.
SB: "It's ok Mr. Rudd, we can speak English. Anyway I came here primarily for economic talks and partnerships between our nations. I am very well aware of the status of our countries' economies and other sectors, and this is why I'm proposing a free trade agreement to enhance our economic ties."
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Mr. Rudd looked at his aides as well as the Reitzic delegation. He gathered his thoughts.
"Well, I'm sorry to say I don't know your resources. What are they?"
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Simon took a portfolio that details the country's resources and products, and listed number 1 is Natural Gas.
SB: "I think it's best I let Minister Julia Barnes brief you more."
JB: "Glad to meet you Mr. Rudd, I am the Minister for Trade and Industry of our government. Our country offers a lot of resources, such as minerals and other types of resources. For minerals, we have Uranium, Coal, Gas, Gold, Silver, Copper, and many more such as precious stones. In addition, we also have a large manufacturing industry mainly focused on defence equipment, automobiles and other transportation equipment, IT, and pharmaceuticals like drugs and vaccines. I believe that Australia also imports some of our products, probably indirectly at least in the form of raw materials used in various products manufactured here in your country or imported from other countries."
SB: "Thank you Ms. Barnes. Now we primarily came here especially for your fish industry and other products we have long been interested in since trade between our nations began. This is why I propose a free trade agreement between our nations. But then of course, I'd like to know your thoughts on this."
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"We'd certainly be interested in free trade," Mr. Rudd said. "Uranium would be ideal." Rudd knew the government just set a carbon zero target. Uranium would be crucial. Australia would need a strong trading partner.
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SB: "I am pleased with your interest in our Uranium deposits and the purpose you intend to use our resources for. Is there anything else that Australia might be interested in that we could offer?"
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"As long as we could do carbon zero we can do pretty much anything," Mr. Rudd answered. "The government is commited to this." His aides looked at Rudd with awe. They admired him.
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SB: "I'm happy to hear that Mr. Rudd. Other than free trade, maybe it is possible for our countries to establish visa-free travel with a limited time? I think this would enhance Australia's tourism industry and growing Reitzmic diaspora, and the same goes for ours and the growing Australian diaspora."
Simon then gets a whisper from Ben, the Minister of Defence, who told him that the Australians might have been offered membership to the Telum Treaty and told lies by the Spanish. He sighed and continued listening to the Kevin's response before he begins to talk again.
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"Oh yes. We would want to let Reitzic citizens visa-free travel and vice versa," Mr. Rudd answered. Things seemed agreeable.
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SB: "Thank you very much for agreeing with us on these terms. Now, I think it's best we discuss something really crucial to us. It has come to our attention that out counterparts from Spain have also conducted a summit quite recently, and the topics of which are very sensitive due to its possible effects on the situation and implications on the national security of our country and our allies. Our intelligence services believe that the Spanish Government invited you to join the Telum Treaty, something we advise against so as to keep Australia safe from possible conflict. I hope you do not take this as something negative as we are simply concerned for the national security of our nations, and other nations in Europe. We think that they have invited you to join such military alliance to take advantage of Australian military equipment and have access to state-of-the-art fighter jets and naval ships, like the ((OOC: insert F-35 Australian designation, and type 45 destroyers australian designation)). In addition, we also think that they tried to persuade you to believe their flattering claims that they owned the straits which are crucial to trade in continental Europe. However, we want to emphasize the fact that the Spanish did not respect and never actually respected the claims of Yosai, the nation across the Red Strait (Strait of Adventuranza). Despite having signed an agreement respecting a fair share of the claims unconditionally, they had increased the forcefully imposed taxes in the much narrower Gibraltar Strait for nations that do not agree with their claim such as ours, the United Duchies, and the Federal Republic of Yosai. We believe that Australia must condemn these horrendous acts of piracy, and I think this may be best achieved through Australia refusing to enter any military alliance with the Kingdom of Spain and supplying them with precious military equipment."
"I hope that you will consider our recommendation."
Simon then listened carefully while thinking about the next agenda to be offered.
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"We considered everything you said and we will join Telum but will not participate in any aggressive actions taken," Mr. Rudd said. He weighted everything he knew. He didn't want to offend Yosai, Reitzmag, and Spain.
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SB: "I am glad for your assurance, but we do urge against supporting their aggressive behavior through any means such as exporting arms to them. Although of course, I know that this decision is ultimately yours and your government's and I have no right to intervene in your country's internal affairs with respect to your national sovereignty. Anyway, that aside, I think it's best we also agree on partnerships in terms of science and technology, cultural and student exchanges, and etc. As you may have already known, our country has successfully transitioned all road vehicles aside from trucks to electric propulsion and finished replacing all gasoline and diesel stations with electric refueling stations. And we want to help your country in your initiatives and programs for an eco-friendly future."
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"That would be great," Mr. Rudd said. "We welcome all help in that regard."
