Svobodna Dnevnik

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Macharaviayaische Zeitung

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Mordvania pledges to defend East Kaljurand
By: Elena Manstein
Published: Alvan 28, 1587


Minister Eha Grahek-Ternehetär.

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Eha Grahek-Ternehetär, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Mordvania, visited Iossilinn today, in the first Mordvanian visit to East Kaljurand since the recent parliamentary election in Mordvania.

Minister Eha Grahek-Ternehetär, who expected to continue as Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with East Kaljurand President Taavi Harsepii and several representatives of the Kaljuran Republic's national government. General Wieslaw Lubanowsky, Supreme Commander of the Mordvanian-Kaljuran Unified Armed Force in East Kaljurand also accompanied her in the Mordvanian delegation.

The visit came only barely two weeks after the murder of General Edvin Kirsipuu, West Kaljurand's leader, which many believe could threaten peace between West Kaljurand and East Kaljurand. Grahek-Ternehetär rejected such prediction, denying as well unconfirmed rumours that East Kaljurand or even Mordvanian intelligence could be behind Kirsipuu's murder, declaring such claims as "absurd" and "nonsensical". She declared that the death of Kirsipuu "does not modify the current situation", and that a solution to the division of Kaljurand can only come through "the channels established in the Denil Accords", through peaceful negotiations to the final end of an unification of the country under a democratic government.

Minister Grahek-Ternehetär, who also visited two military camps in East Kaljurand where Republican Guards and Mordvanian soldiers are deployed, declared that the Republic of Mordvania, while interested to find a peaceful and negotiable solution to the conflict, will stand against any act of aggression against East Kaljurand by "West Kaljuran forces or any hostile attacker". Grahek-Ternehetär declared that is Mordvanian policy that the conflict could only end once "an united and democratic Kaljurand" is established in all the country. It is rumoured, but still unconfirmed, that Mordvania could be deploy more military forces in the neighbor country in the coming weeks and months if tensions between East Kaljurand and West Kaljurand increase.

During the joint Kaljuran-Mordvanian press conference with East Kaljurand's foreign affairs minister, Grahek-Ternehetär also commented on new agreements on economic cooperation and cultural exchange between both countries, as main issues other than national security and defense.

Minister Eha Grahek-Ternehetär also visited an university in Keskula, where she answered both policy and personal questions asked by a group of local students.