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KGB Consulate in Kamalata Denies Application for Foreign Aid, Citing Rapa Pile Situation

5629.3.11. - Citing concerns with government transparency in the administration of Rapa Pile, the Consulate of the Kingdom of Great Baeguk in Kamalata today announced that it had rejected the Vascanian Aponsu Administration's attempts to initiate talks concerning the use of Baegukese foreign aid funds for disaster relief in Rapa Pile, where a natural gas pipe explosion has resulted in 6 tragic deaths and environmental damage. The Aponsu Administration earlier declared its intent to confer with various OSCD and Romulo Fund states; Baeguk is a member of the OSCD but not the Romulo Fund.

The Consulate's refusal to aid Vascania has been criticized by parties in opposition such as the Social Democratic Party and the People's Party, who cite it as an example of the state's stinginess and decried the lack of empathy for the injured and harmed by the gas pipe tragedy. Right wing opposition parties such as the Just Reform Party in turn praised the government, claiming that the Vascanian occupation of Rapa Pile was intolerable.

Baeguk and Vascania have not shared formal diplomatic relations for more than 4 centuries since they were broken after the rise of the DNWA regime. The KGB was critical of the situation following Vascanian involvment on Rapa Pile, although relations had been slowly mending since. The future of KGB-Vascania relations remains unsure as of the present.

Her Imperial Majesty the Empress has not commented on the incident as of publishing time.