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Kalistan puts final touches on New Luthorian Embassy
Located in Fort William, its opening will signal next step toward normalization
Fort William, Luthori
October 18, 5486


Kalistani Embassy on Embassy Row in Luthorian Capital

Built in a style of architecture reminiscent of most National Buildings in Kalistan, the new Kalistani Embassy building in Luthori is nearing completion, signaling the continued moves toward normalization between Kalistan and Luthori. While there is still no news about Luthorian attempts to establish an embassy in Kalistan, the future home and workplace of the full embassy staff in Luthori has been under construction for the last several years. Designers were given a budget of ₭14 million to design and build the structure which will eventually serve not only as the official offices of the Direct representatives of Her Imperial Majesty to the Luthorian Government, but will also contain various interest sections, including economic, diplomatic, and defense sections. Currently, the Fort William Consular services have been moving out of their previous offices and into the Ground floor of the new Embassy while the top floors are still being built.

"What's next?" asked the Assistant Foreign Affairs Minister for Artanian Affairs, His Excellency Zachery Westmoreland. "Her Imperial Majesty and the monarch in Luthori will have to agree to exchange Ambassadors. We are not sure what Luthori's plans are: So far we have met with their Shadow Foreign Minister, who has no power in the National Government, but who was sent to convey Luthori's interests in warming relations with Kalistan. But Her Imperial Majesty has said that she will not dispatch an ambassador to Luthori without an agreement in place for Luthori to name an ambassador to Kalistan. All things being equal, Kalistan is not the inferior to any nation on the Globe, and the Empress has made it clear that she will stand on her rights and insist upon full reciprocity from Luthori on all matters, or there will be no exchange. It is her Imperial Majesty's sincere hope that this oversight among the Luthorian Government and by the Luthorian King is merely that, just an oversight, and the King will issue a formal delegation to Kalistan to work out the details of the Embassy exchange soon."

Once these details are resolved, Westmoreland said, Kalistan will dispatch an Ambassador to Luthori to serve as Her Imperial Majesty's representative to that government. The designated Ambassador, who it appears will be Lord Mayor Henry Winston, who currently serves as mayor of the Free City of Eshar, will then move to Luthori with his family, and will take up residence in the Ambassador's Suite inside the Embassy. The Embassy will be staffed with full compliments in each of the sections, including a special projects section, whose job it will be to analyze news from the Luthorian capital and report back on happenings in the foreign Capital. Once the Ambassador's Luthorian Counterpart is in place, treaties and state visits can be worked out directly with each monarch's direct representatives, rather than having to do it through back channels.

Security will be maintained by elements of the Nordic Corps, who will be redirected to Embassy Duty. The new Company will be designated "The Empress' Select Battalion" will serve as Embassy Guards at embassies across the Globe. Streetside, Luthori will provide security for the Embassy. "Her Imperial Majesty will likely call for extraterritoriality in Luthori. Assuming Luthori intends to send an Ambassador, limited extraterritoriality will also be granted to the Luthorian Embassy," said Westmoreland. "But Kalistani Law does not offer diplomatic immunity, nor will the Empress seek it from the Luthorian Government. Our staff will of course observe all Luthorian Laws."

The Embassy is expected to finish construction in February of next year, and the Ambassador will be dispatched as soon as Luthori agrees to name an Ambassador to the Empire, and suitable accommodations are found for the Ambassador and their staff." Westmoreland was optimistic that Luthori would take the next step toward normalization soon.