Secretary Carter Comments on Vanossium

In light of recent news from Vanossium and continued pressure from the press to make a comment on the issue that made his predecesspr resign, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jimmy Carter made a statement on his plans for the issue going forward.
"Unfortunately, the damage has been done in the West. The Gabbard-Velazquez Agreement is dead in the water, and it's too late to enact it by Chancellery decree. So what does that mean for us? Well at the very least I hope it opens a few eyes in the Senate - they need to realize that blindly spiting Vanossium is not a good way to get them to behave. If the Consul of Vanossium is presented with two choices, and those choices are 'do whatever you want and have Nilira hate you for it' or 'play by Nilira's rules and still be hated by them', he'll choose the former option every single time. It's our responsibility to prove that we can work with foreign powers rather than isolating them. The time is not right just yet, but towards the end of the war and hopefully in the next parliamentary term I will begin the process of reconciliation with the West - attempting to build a diplomatic relationship with them of mutual respect where, over time, I can achieve the provisions of the Gabbard-Velazquez Agreement piece by piece if need be. We can't forget about those prisoners of war, and I don't intend to."
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