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Kalistani Republic
Kalistan Invites Trigunia to the Mainland
Offers an opportunity for Trigunia to "Brush-up" on Unconventional Warfare
June 17, 3983
Neveras District


Premier Estevez, announcing offer to Trigunia for Training Cycle

The Government of Kalistan has formally invited the armed Forces of Trigunia to train in Kalistan with the Revolutionary Socialist Militia of Kalistan.  The training cycle would be a part of the Trigunian Exercises scheduled for this summer in the Northern hemisphere.  Kalistan's Socialist Party boasts of one of the best irregular forces on the globe, and feels that this may be an opportunity to smooth over any rough patches in Kalistani-Trigunian relations stemming from the Bjorksdottir incident fifty years ago and the more recent sinking of the Kalistani oil tanker Eastern Republic.  The last time Trigunia trained in Kalistan, they remained in country for six months. 

The leader of the Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK), Premier Juan Carlos Estevez, stated

"This is an excellent opportunity to ensure that Kalistani military doctrine is demonstrated outside of Kalistan.  We don't possess a lot of high powered, high tech weaponry, but we make up for this in tactical deployment, and we want to demonstrate, to the world, that often, tactics may carry the day over tech.  Furthermore, we would like to signal to other powers that Kalistani Irregulars are a force to be reckoned with, and warrant us a place of equal respect on the international stage.  By training Trigunians, we will be able to field test our tactical doctrine without actually engaging larger more powerful nations."

  The Socialist Leader suggested that the Trigunians were welcomed to remain in Kalistan for longer than 6 months, though he stressed again, Trigunian rebasement in Kalistan was not considered "permanent".  "Such a move," he said, "would most certainly meet opposition among most of our Assembly men and women."

Editorial Note:  This move toward Trigunia seems to indicate that Kalistan is attaching itself to a larger entity.  As the war drums across the globe beat louder, Kalistan appears to be aligning itself without violating its neutrality.  For this deft handling of international affairs, we appreciate the Government, but we must also take a moment to warn them not to get too deep into affairs, lest they overplay their hand and end up bringing war to Kalistan.