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Hutori to Rejoin Commonwealth of Nations on background of ongoing resource Bid war


Department of Foreign Affairs HQ in Bekenial

After withdrawing from the Commonwealth of Luthorian Nations over the so called "70s Crisis" due in large part by the instability caused by the Fatherland Front in Luthori, Foreign Affairs Minister Natalie DuMarquis, has confirmed that Hutori will be formally rejoining the Commonwealth of Nations. This formal rejoining goes hand in hand with an evolution of the talks between multiple Hutorian and Luthorian financial and commercial interests finally making headway into their respective markets. Imperial Oil, one of the largest oil extraction firms in Luthori, is currently in town attempting to secure oil extraction rights from Hutori and the province of Kenai, to extract oil from the Althorcaea Shelf, which is off the eastern coast of Kenai and Roccato and south of the Isle of Sutton. Talks in regards to that are ongoing, though insiders in the Department of International Trade, Economic Development and the Kenai provincial Department of Energy and Resource Development, have reported a multi national bid situation, where multiple nations have sparked interest, and a slew of lobbying, for rights to work on the lucrative Althorcaea Shelf, with even more still attempting to sway the Mashacara in Falristan, to give foreign access to the Tremaine Oil Sands, where 80% of Hutori's oil reserves sit, of which 90% is controlled whole or partially by the one of the five Nations of Mashacara and their owned energy giant, the Carter Energy Group, the largest private energy conglomerate in the northern hemisphere. Spokesmen for Foreign Affairs Minister Natalie DuMarquis, International Trade Minister Erika d'Entremont have all refused comment stating "They did not want to influence ongoing negotiations and allow each of them to play out without outside interference." A spokesperson for Prime Minister Tristan Taylor merely noted that it was a good sign so many foreign firms were interested in investments in Hutori, proof of the strength of the Hutorian economy.

Hutori is also proceeding with rejoining of the Kalistani lead ODEN-III Treaty, with changes to Hutori's Controlled Substances Regime. Attorney General Madison Ross, has stated that she and her team have been working carefully and closely with both the Department of Health and the Department of International Trade, to ensure that Hutori's laws are robust enough to protect Hutorian citizens, but also all the import of high quality recreational drugs, of which Kalistan is still considered the crown jewel internationally. The Hutorian-Kalistan relationship is one that insiders close to Prime Minister Tristan Taylor, say is of high importance to the government to expand and reinvigorate, with one source stating. "Bekenial and Kalburg used to have an extremely special and unique relationship, not built by military alliance or long standing economic interests, but one built on diplomatic cooperation and an extremely intertwined cultural aspect. Relationships like that, the Prime Minister wants more of." Foreign Affairs Minister Natalie DuMarquis is expected to visit Kalistan later this year.