| Conrad Van Vinkel takes the word soon after the Casavarr intervention:
"Thank you, Your Highness." he says, before taking a brief pause.
"The question of the Sdudeti region is an historical problem of the relations between our Kingdom and Balbor. Since the first coming of the Western Knights on the shores of Tarajan, there were such a question. The last definition was after the Tomato War, with a peace agreement between Balbor and the People's Republic of Tarajan, which assigns the region to us. Actually, the proportions of Tarajans" the Prime Minister seems to underline the pronunciation "and Balborians are practically equivalents. Since we knew the sadness of apartheid and minorities oppression, it is one of the basic laws of the Kingdom to respect all ethnic groups inside our Nation. The situation which the Supreme Commandat refferred to is a case of internal security: a member of the Sdudeti Liberation Movement deliberatley burned our flag in Van Janaesc City, the capital of the region, and the police, obviously, have stop him. This is all. However, since Balbor is now an our ally, we are sensible to their concerns. We reject all the charges against us, but we would praise a SECURS intervention, with the sending of an investigative commission inside our region to check the respect og Balborian minority in their fundamental rights. Also, we are ready to negotiate the creation of an independent Sdudetian State with complete sovereignity over both the Balborian and Tarajan sides of the region, integrated in the SECURS security system and administare by representatives of both our Nations. We strongly bel....."
Van Vinkel suddenly is reached by one of his attachès. They briefly talk, the voice very law. The Prime Minister pales, but immediately try to recover his impassibility. When the attachè is gone, he clears his throat, and speaks again, with a grave note in the voice: "Honourable colleagues, loyal allies. I am sorry to inform you that our 1st Fleet is under attack by Bankampar forces. Enemy aircrafts are heading toward this city, so this palace is no more a safe place. The Space Shield is being activated and our Air Force will scramble all coming aircrafts. However, I will praise you to follow me to a more safe place."
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