Great Xioan Secretariat of External Relations

[Xio]

The Secretariat of External Relations (S.E.R.) is the main imperial organisation within the Great Xioan Empire that governs the foreign affairs between the Imperial Government and other governmental/corporate bodies. Although the individual states within the empire have their own foreign affairs departments, they must go through and be approved by the Secretariat of External Relations before leaving the country.

All documents (emails/letters/dossiers/etc.) passing through the S.E.R. are assigned a Level of Secrecy (LoS) used internally and between its closest allies and confidants who's governments have been trusted to uphold necessary secrecy.
● Avha (Α) - Informally known as 'Public'. Documents who are stamped with an Avha rating are letters, announcements, et cetera which have not only been given to other government bodies but to press correspondents.
● Delata (Δ) -  Informally known as 'Discrete'. Documents with a Delata rating are the most common, used for files whose contents are considered trivial or friendly in nature, and can be released to the public under data information requests.
● Hepesi (Є) -  Informally known as 'Low Risk'. Documents possessing a Hepesi rating can be released to the public five (5) years after initial release and/or the issue pertaining to the document have been neutralised.
● Dhao (T) -  Informally known as 'High Risk'. Rarely used, Dhao rated documents require a lot of protection, with the vast majority of Dhao documents being internal between Great Xioan states or between the Imperial Government and its embassies. Documents with a Dhao rating can be released to the public ten (10) years after their initial release if the issues pertaining to the document have been neutralised and with explicit permission from the S.E.R. Secretary.
● Hahota (I) -  Informally known as 'Dangerous'. Very few documents use Hahota rating, and those that do are often not recorded within official S.E.R. archives. If an individual was found to possess documents with Hahota rating who's name or ID was not written/typed into the original document they can be imprisoned under the 1959 Domestic Terrorist Act for a minimum of 4 years, though more often than not said individuals are sentenced to life imprisonment for 'conscious knowledge of forbidden topics'. Documents with a Hahota LoS rating are understood to never be released to the public unless there is complete certainty that no harm could come to the empire through the distribution of the document. Since the start of the LoS rating system in 1958, only two (2) Hahota document has been released to the public, both in 2017. The first detailed the initial war strategy for the 2012 conquest of the island Kingdom of Nagoxō and the second a map of a potential war between Great Xio and Sefesia in 1973 after a border clash the month prior.

((In OOC terms, anything under 'Avha/Public' or 'Delata/Discrete' is available for all members to respond to w/o metagaming, the former without consent from the Imperial Government and the latter with consent. Anything else can't be responded to in RP besides members who the posts were directed to, or with permission to hack/leak/bug the document.))

Embassy Policies
● The Imperial Government may recall any of its own ambassadors of any government, corporate, or NGO body, with no prior warning to either the ambassador or to the government/corporate/NGO body.
● Ambassadors of the Imperial Government and any other government within Great Xio should be protected and their privacy respected by their assigned country, commonly in the form of a chancery under Great Xioan laws and security.
● Ambassadors expelled by an assigned country should be allowed safe passage and sufficient time to clear their chancery and/or residence.
● Each embassy will have a head ambassador and a deputy head ambassador (assuming permanent residence) at minimum, all queries should be directed to both or to the S.E.R. directly.
● Great Xioan chanceries, in the absence of Syrbotic Temples within the city of its residence, will also hold the duty of a non-missionary Syrbotic Temple for embassy workers and the local faithful. As such religious tolerance for the temple is required.
● Great Xio is willing to establish embassies with all forms of governments/companies/NGOs if the above policies are accepted.

List of S.E.R. Personnel:
● Secretary of External Relations: Kophīne Linosos
● Seylosian Ambassador: [Embassy closed]
● Rhodellian Ambassador: (deputy) Wohā-lidhe Pekemana
((WIP))

Edited May 6, 2022 by Xio
Clarification for policies. (see edit history)

[Seylos]

TO: Great Xioan Secretariat of External Relations

FROM: Defense Command, North Adlantic Union

The nations and peoples of the North Adlantic Union wish to convey our solidarity with the Great Xioan Empire as Sefesia continues to press its war against Xio. While the people of Kakseka continue to consider themselves their own distinct people, they will not deny their deep ties to Xio. As a result the Governor of Kaseka has requested that the Kasekan militia be able to assist Xio in their conflict with Sefesia. Sadly their number is small and they still require proximity Kaseka itself in order to protect its borders, however the Governor of Kaseka in conjunction with the NAU Defense Command is willing to offer to guarantee the security of the Khao Kingdom in order to free up any military assets Xio may have in the region that may be better be deployed elsewhere. We are also aware that the Seylosian Royal Navy destroyer HMS Llanbedr is deployed to Kaseka to protect its territorial waters. The NAU Defense Command is willing to offer whatever services it may provide in the defense of Xio. We also request, during the continuation of hostilities from the OCA, that the provision in the Treaty of Kaseka limiting the number of ships the Kingdom of Seylos is allowed in the region be temporarily suspended in the case that we are able to send additional naval support.

We hope that if we are able to conduct joint actions, that this can be occasion to improve relations between our two states.

[Seylos]

TO: Great Xioan Secretariat of External Relations

FROM: Defense Command, North Adlantic Union

 

As the people of Great Xio may well be aware the Anglian and Dolch threats have been defeated in Argis. With the surrender of the Anglian fleets in Galahinda and the surrender of Dolch ground armies in Iwenland this has left the North Adlantic Union in a position to protect and assist its other valued partners throughout the Eurth. While the war may have concluded close to ourselves, we understand that many threats still exist to the freedom of the people's of Eurth from the imperial tyranny of the Occidental Azanian Pact. Kaseka, being an integral part of the Kingdom of Seylos and as such a part of the North Adlantic Union, has requested that our defense forces assist the people of Xio in the liberation of Xioan lands from Sefesian occupiers. The NAUDC sees that any loss for the people of Xio is a loss for the Union and the people of Kaseka and have such decided to answer the governor's call in this regard.

As of now a reformed Seylosian 2nd Fleet is on course to arrive in Kaseka in the next week, and with the fleet is being brought hopefully enough supplies and armaments to reinvigorate the Xioan war effort. We were luckily able to obtain significant war materiel after the surrender of both the Dolch army in Iwenland and the Anglian fleet. Accompanying the fleet will be as much of the surrendered Dolch equipment that we are able to reasonably place on transport this includes: rifles, ammunition, light vehicles, some armored vehicles, and artillery pieces. While much of the heavier equipment is limited in its stocks, at the very least there is a large quantity of small arms to be had. On top of this Seylos has included a number of AP19 (NLAW) anti-tank systems and MARVS Extended Utility Vehicles as production had exceeded usage during the war.

Finally being towed with the fleet are two captured Anglian Crown-Prince Class air defense guided missile destroyers that will make port in Kaseka to be refitted with older Seylosian armaments that we can properly support and then give to the Xioan Navy.

It should also be mentioned, should the government of Great Xio desire so, that the second fleet has been authorized to coordinate directly with the Xioan military to provide direct fire support for military operations and our space based intelligence satellites are at your disposal. This includes both direct naval support fire and air support from HMS Thunderchild.

We hope that this gesture can help solidify continued positive relations with the people of Xio and show that the North Adlantic Union are not in fact colonizers, but willing partners in the continuing prosperity of Aurelia.

[Neswetej Per Aten]

The Seshej Per-Remet

To: Great @Xioan Secretariat of External Relations

From: Imy-r Remet Wer Meritites, and Imy-r Hemew Wer Ptahmose

Most Honorable Minister,

In response to EOS Expansion in our region, the Scribal Offices of the Foreigners and the Workers are interested in establishing a Trade agreement between several nations in Argis, Alharu, and Aurellia. It will be hosted in Akhetaten in the Guest wing of the Per-A. Please respond by official correspondence with the Seshej Per-Remet.

Under the Rays of the Aten

Imy-r Remet Wer Meritites, and Imy-r Hemew Wer Ptahmose

[Tagmatium Rules]

 

To: Their Excellency, Kophīne Linosos, Secretary of External Relations of the Great @Xioan Empire

From: The Imperial Government of the Greater Holy Empire of the Aromans

 

Your excellency,

It is well known that the Empire of Great Xio and its people bore the brunt of the conflict against the Occidental-Azanian Pact and its aligned nations in Aurelia. The toll that the war against Sefesia took against your nation's brave people is one that shocked the rest of the civilised wurld. It certainly appalled the Aroman people and the fate of those affected were in all of our prayers.

Now, the Aroman people and the Holy Imperial Government feel that it is our duty to help the Xioan people in a way that Aromania was not able to do at the height of the conflict. To this end, Aromania is willing to send aid to your nation in order to help the people of Xio and the territories that have fallen under the control of the Empire rebuild now that the dust of this awful conflict has now settled. This would be on top of the aid being sent as part of the general rebuilding of Aurelia, as offered here. The sum that has been earmarked for helping the people of your great nation is A$3 billion. As with the aid being offered to as part of the offer to the Socialist Federal Republic of Advocatius, the Federation of Anatea, the Federal Republic of Ionio and as well as your nation, this would not be a one-off sum but a continuous aid package that will go until such a time as your nation sees fit for it to end.

This aid would not just be in the form of transferred to Great Xio in order to cover the cost of rebuilding. It would be machinery, construction materials and skilled workers, the cost and salaries of which would be paid for by the Holy Imperial Government as part of this new figure. The figure would also include any humanitarian aid – such as food and temporary housing – that might be necessary for those that are still displaced by the conflict or otherwise unhoused or unemployed.

It is recognised by the Holy Imperial Government that this aid is long overdue, for which the Aroman people ask for the forgiveness of that of the Xioan people. Therefore, on the behalf of his Aroman Majesty, Kommodos III, by the Grace of God, Holy Emperor and Autocrat of the Aromans and Equal-to-the-Apostles and the Aroman people, I ask that your government seriously consider this offer.

May God guide us all to a peaceful and prosperous future.

Eugenios Goulielmos

Grand Minister

of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

of the

Greater Holy Empire of the Aromans