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Altéa and Wiel form new global alliance

The Prefect of Wrnuke, Duchess Jarga Anzlék-Zahr meeting with senior officials from Egelion in Altéa to sign the new pact.

21 March 5682, Wiel, Kingdom of Wrnuke
It took half a year of negotiations between both parties before an accord was reached. These talks were deliberately done in secret, according to senior sources within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But today the government has officially announced a new pact between the Kingdom of Egelion and the Kingdom of Wrnuke. The alliance has been aptly named the Two Lions Pact, as this noble beast is national animal of both nations. Negotiations took longer than usual due to the state of both nations, while modern Wrnuke prides itself on its basis as a full democratic constitutional monarchy the Kingdom of Egelion is an absolutist state under the monarchy. Before the Worldburnerist revolution the two nations were quite alike, according to the Prefect these differences had to be bridged: "A fruitful cooperation comes from a shared vision, in some cases to find that vision you have to talk a bit longer and form a closer bond before you truly realise how similarly aligned your interests are." The Duchess refused to condemn Egelion's system of government, stating that every sovereign nation has their own system that they decide.

The alliance between the two monarchies has been named the Two Lions Pact, or Zwiba Sháhazi Vrbndmogad. It is a very close cooperation between the two states, as the nations will commit to full intelligence sharing, complete military cooperation, mutual defence, an extensive trade agreement, and a closely coordinated diplomatic course. With the signing of the Two Lions Pact it is expected that businesses from Egelion will settle in Wrnuke and that ambitious businessmen from the Kingdom will travel to Egelion for their own investments. For now the nations have reiterated their commitment to mutual defence, with a joint military exercise already being planned between the respective Defence Ministries. The Prefect refused to answer any detailed questions about Wrnuke's ambitions regarding Majatra, specifically about Egelion's close economic cooperation with Xsampa. She did however state that Wrnuke will remain committed to the full liberation of the Majatran continent.

Krsyiji Sagmot'l (United Media) is the national news agency of Wrnuke, it is bound by law to give neutral news to the nation.æ