An Odrian Dream(UD-Odria summit)
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"Thank you once again for giving me the time to decide. I will discuss not only this but also other possibilities that would lead to an economic partnership." Vivienne said with gratitude.
"It would also be beneficial for both of our countries to put each other on the list of approved nations for our respective Foreign Investment Bank. I'm more than happy to do that if you're willing to!" exclaimed Vivienne with a beaming smile on her face.
This is the moment, her first international act. Of course meetings with representatives of other countries were held sometime before, but they have led to nothing more than reestablishing what has been established before."If I may," started nervously as a plan began to set into motion in her head, "could you provide me with a list of all active and potential candidates for ECON and subsequently for any other similar organizations?" Vivienne was now nervously twiddling with her thumbs. She knew she had no stance to ask such a thing, but her hope overshadowed this fact.
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Peter Key replied certainly " ECON membership is currently Brickston,nReitzmag,nUnited Duchies,nIneland, Yosai and Telum Duxburian Dominions,The Empire of Inimicus, The Most Blessed State of of Inquista ,he Free Republic of North Diessen , The Kingdom of Spain but the key difference is ECON basically tends to value differences in foreign policy opinion so you are fully free to pursue relationships with free trade with other countries and security treaties as long as you meat ECON agreement and law standards which you'd naturally have an equal say in. Basically we value equal friendships between countries regardless of our sizes. Sadly it can be harder to be a country that disagrees within Telum from our experience as founder of the Telum alliance and idea and its sort of strayed from what we wanted it to be though we still have good relations with them trade wise so you can be in ECON and have free trade with Telum ."
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"Certainly," said Vivienne "but as I said before I need to bring it up with my ministers. Is there anything else you'd like to discuss today? Tomorrow will definitely be a busy day full of decisions, so if you don't need anything else I might try to get in touch with the ministries." said Vivienne turning herself slowly to the door but not fully, only halfway in case Peter Key might have one more thing on the agenda today.
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John Peter Key responded "I think its probably best to see what course you take first as that will inform the decision making."
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"Alright then, I'll have an online meeting with my ministers and I shall inform you of my decision. Perhaps I can even suggest something but let's not get ahead of ourselves," said Vivienne while shaking the PM's hand.
She already knew what the outcome would be regardless of what her ministers said. The more interesting part was an elaborate plan that had formed in her head during this meeting. This was the thing she now needed to speak to her ministers about.
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Despite the cold early morning Vivienne Carver, the Odrian Prime minister was now finalizing her speech and other portfolios in her place of stay. She hadn't gotten much sleep last night, but that did not bother her, as she worked tirelessly to accomplish something new, something grand.
"Ah, High Duke Nikolai so nice to see you again! Are you heading to the prime minister's chambers?" said Vivienne trying to keep the pace of the fast energetic walk.
"And if yes may I join you? I have something important to discuss with mister Key." -
Nikolai heard Vivienne on his walk "Ah , hows the bedroom, fine view from that one over Cair Para. I can certainly take you to John Peter Key he's in the meeting room but I naturally can't be in there, far too political for my role." He took Vivienne and the group to the room . John Peter Key greeted them once again "I trust you had a good nights sleep, lovely rooms here for guests. Have you got an answer on the ECON issue before we proceed?"
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"Yes! The Republic of Odria would be honored to accept your invitation to the ECON! Of course, the implementation of all the policies tied with it will take some time, and correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the implementation period sits around 2 years. I believe that with the right wording we'll be able to pass all the legislation tied with it in a year." said Vivienne presenting a part of her prepared portfolio. It showed members of the House of Lowers in the opposition that are likely to support it.
"Now to the second thing I wanted to discuss before we move on. We recently discovered large amounts of gas under the seabed near our coast. Now, from the intel I've got, only a few members have access to gas reserves, and again correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that there is no pipeline in place to provide gas/oil to other members.
Where I'm heading is, if we propose a budget for a double pipeline (one for gas and the other for oil) to be built connecting mainly the Southeastern nations of ECON, would we get your vote?" -
Key was happy with the response "That is correct there is an adjustment period for the ECON treaty so you have plenty of time to adjust. I 've heard about the gas discoveries , we'd be a bit concerned about a pipeline being the sole way for gas to get to us but we'd support a Southstream pipeline through the sea but we'd also like plenty of LNG facilities to manufacture and export that way as a back up for if the pipeline faces issues like terrorism or just breaks down. We could help fund the facilities to help achieve this the gas could then be put into pipes in Duchies to go to Reitzmag though we#d need Caspian approval for any pipeline up there but we could always use ships and LNG technology instead to get from duchies to reitzmag. "
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"Prime Minister, it sounds like we have a deal!" Vivienne was thrilled that they came to an agreement.
"Now is there anything else you'd like to discuss? I got some news that the head of the Kingdom of Spain would also like to arrange a summit and I'd like to let them know when I'll be free," said Vivienne nervously and trying not to be impolite .
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John Peter Key responded "Well we would like to discuss cooperation on crime. We believe it would be beneficial to share key data and strategies on crime fighting. We feel this would help us both keep ahead of the criminals. Would you be up for that?"
