(Special!) Situation Report: CAT-NAR Peace Treaty

[Avaerilon]

Greetings, and welcome to this Council of Leaders!

OOC: For those involved in the recent CAT-NAR war only, unless RP requirements change

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Greetings, fellow leaders.

I have convened us here in the SLUan territory of Nova Auratica; a large but low-populated country, not too dissimilar to Greenland. Thus, being a neutral territory, it makes an excellent place to begin negotiations as to peace between CAT (and its partners) and North American Republics.

After hours on fraught and intensive negotiations between Avaerilon and NAR, the two main combatants in this war, a proposed deal has been agreed, and hostilities have, for the time being, ceased. So far, the following has been agreed and accepted by the two states, as terms of peace.

North American Republics will implement:
*The immediate resignation of People's Commissar Crumrine and the prevention of her running in the ensuing people's commissar election.
*The freeing of former People's Commissar Bryan from house arrest and the allowance for the former People's Commissar to run again.
*The territory of Pont de Roche to be gifted to Logres.
*The paying of reparation mounting to 2 billion NAR dollars (total) to all signatory states (CAT) with payments being allowed in kind based on market prices at the time of the transaction.
*The cessation of support for any and all groups that the international community deems to be a terrorist organization.
*The release of documents pertaining to the "SNS" group.
*The release of all prisoners of war taken captive during the hostilities.
*To sign a treaty with the government of Avaerilon to outlaw the use of EMP missiles against each other, to be witnessed by the international community.

Avaerilon will implement:
*The opening-up of Avaerilonian business co-operatives to direct investment from North American Republics.
*The government of Avaerilon will cease any support, whether material or via official vocal and moral support, for the DERP group or any such group that desires to undermine the political system of North American Republics.
*The release of documents pertaining to the "DERP" group
*To sign a treaty with the government of North American Republics to outlaw the use of EMP missiles against each other, to be witnessed by the international community.
*Civilians currently residing in Pont de Roche may claim dual nationality of both Logres and North American Republics, should they wish.
*Ten metric tonnes of pure titanium to be offered at below the market value (US$70 per kilogramme as opposed to US$110 per kilogramme) to the government of North American Republics for a period of three years.

However, other parties besides the two already mentioned have been involved, and are required to take-part in the deal to ensure a stable peace.

With regards to security, we do not believe DERP will attempt to disrupt the meeting. However, we are, as of yet, unsure whether the currently-stretched SNS group will attempt anything. The Royal Marines guarding the Avaerilonian delegation are on full-alert, as the SLUan guards outside this complex are.

[North American Republics]

I thank the Nova Auratican government for allowing us to host this meeting here.

To the Avaerilonian representatives who are here at this hour, we would like to add two more terms on to the treaty, that being the release of documents pertaining to DERP and the cessation of support for groups the international community deems to be a terrorist group. We have agreed to release documents pertaining to the SNS and we think it only fair that the Avaerilonians adopt a similar stance with regards to DERP. It is also in the interest of international peace that the Avaerilonians adopt a similar stance with regards to terrorists wherever they might be.

It must also be noted that the terms of the treaty should be expanded to fit any other signatory states, Newhalla being a prime example here. As such, Newhalla must be open to Naran direct investment as must any other signatory state. As dialogue has not reached an appropriate stage yet, I must ask the Hallan representatives to revise their blind acceptance of the peace treaty.

I further propose an official armistice until this meeting is over to facilitate the establishment of trust, goodwill, and cooperation.

[Newhalla]

The Newhallan state will accept NARan investment within it's borders if NAR opens up for Hallan investments and all other signatory states as well.

And we suggest that both Avaerilon and NAR finds a way to dismantle their respective supported terrorist groups. 

[North American Republics]

We wish to point to the correspondences between ourselves and Avaerilon. Within them we state that we cannot open up our borders to foreign investment because of the way our economy is structured. Communism is just on the horizon and our workers control all businesses. We would not give that up for anything because of the journey we've been through to ensure that socialism (the proletariat owning the means of production that is) would succeed.

[Avaerilon]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Please forgive the omission; as you know, Avaerilon has already agreed to releasing documents related to the "DERP" group. This can be confirmed by noting previous correspondences. This appears to have been an oversight on our part; our apologies.

For the benefit of the Hallan government, neither group was founded by either government. Both groups did gain the temporary support of the governments they contacted, as they were working towards then-mutual interests. Both "DERP" and "SNS" were founded by citizens of the respective nations who wished to engage in terrorist activities.

On the subject of SNS, owing to essential information given by the government of NAR, our intelligence services were able to pinpoint the exact location of SNS paramilitary members making their way towards a so-called "training-exercise"outside the ancient and beautiful Citadel of Avalon. Armed with sophisticated mortars, they were apprehended by the Royal Military Police. Of the 20 SNS members present, 7 were shot dead, and two more died in hospital after a brief confrontation. The remaining 11 have been transferred to police custody, and will be tried before a judge and jury later next month. Had they gone-ahead with their plans, they might have killed dozens of innocent citizens, and damaged the 8th Century World Wonder that is the citadel. Again, we would like to extend our thanks to the NARan government for their diligent tip-off.

[Newhalla]

We have "catched up" on communications between NAR and Avaerilon. And our elected government has decided to allow NARan direct investment in Newhalla as long you respect the laws and traditions of our nation. We will not put any restriction on the amount of investment. But we warn you that we will be watching carefully for any suspicious activities. And while we do not like the way the NARan state has behaved during these last months, we will give in to ensure regional peace and stability.


On the SNS/DERP issue, Whatever temporary support or not both NAR and Avaerilon supported terrorist groups to commit terrorist actions and should have some responsibility for their support of such organisations.

[North American Republics]

There is no need to worry about us violating Hallan laws and traditions. We understand that careful watch will be placed on our cooperatives, but I assure that there is no need. We will, of course, still allow your government to ensure that we are not doing anything suspicious. As to the support of the terrorist groups, we were informed that only Avaerilonian troops would be targeted and as we were in a war against the Avaerilonians, our support for them was not illegal. We did not hear of civilian casualties save for the ones that would have happened if the training exercises were conducted. If we knew of any casualties beforehand, we would have stopped lending them our support.

To the Avaerilonian representatives: We merely did not want the official documentation lacking that specific point and we can understand the oversight. We are also glad to see that our information was proved to be correct and the harming of innocents prevented.