Department of External Affairs

[Purple State]

<French Parliment goes wild, passes resolution of eternal friendship with Atlasia, then unconditionally surrenders>

One presumes given the recent vote in the Assemblée nationale, the speech would be taken as not so subtle criticism - and so presumably woud be rather poorly received.

Those were my thoughts as well.

[Purple State]

Why exactly are we interfering with the internal affairs of the French government? Surely there are much bigger human rights issues our government should be dealing with rather than making a silly example of that French law.

It would be quite hypocritical to urge less friendly nations to allow religious freedom while remaining silent on the French legislation.

[Purple State]

I would support maintaining Colombia's "Normal" status and also hope that the Senate will consider including a distinction between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China.

[Purple State]

If the Senate desires it, I will happily return Colombia to its prior status; I would also like to open relations with Taiwan, but I believe the Senate needs to authorize that.

What exactly is the current official status of Atlasian-Taiwanese diplomatic relations? I assume it is similar to RL US-Taiwanese relations (i.e. close diplomatic and military ties along with de facto recognition of the ROC as a separate entity from the PRC, but no formal recognition of Taiwan as a separate state and opposition to Taiwan outright declaring independence).

If not, perhaps we do need to consider something akin to the Taiwan Relations Act.

Well there is this, which is amending the TRA, so I assume the TRA is the de facto law.

[Purple State]

Would a senator consider sponsoring the FPR in the legislation thread so that official debate can begin?

[Purple State]

'bout freaking time.

Technically there was no disaster in the region, as the GM had not created it until now.

I am going to propose legislation soon that will clarify things and make the direction of the game simpler for the government, the GM and the people.