[外交部 MOFA] D,1570 讯息

Day 1,570, 09:23 • Published in China China • by Ministry of Foreign Affairs CN

[English version below the Chinese text]
三月外交政策的首要议题，就是继上个月的保（加利亚）土（耳其）冲突后，重新为我们的联盟带来和睦。

幸运的是，当事国双方最终达成共识，两方不断升级的危机，只会给我们共同的敌人带来渔利。因此，这个月双方将进行更加开放坦诚的协商。

更加幸运的是，中国并没有在上一次表决中给出决定性意见，从而避免了对保土两国的激怒和侮辱。于是，没有得罪任何一方的中国，有机会为两国冲突进行斡旋。

（但同时，这或许也意味着e中国并没有在适当的时候表态，即中国的态度无法在保土问题的讨论中发挥效力，这实际上是不幸的。

事实上，中国的外交策略，有能力为紧张的地区关系，找到让双方都满意的解决方案。使双方互利的协议——这是我们上个月唯一的需求。）

事实上，e保加利亚和e土耳其都是我们宝贵的盟友，迫使我们在其中做出选择，简直就像让我们欣然切除自己的左臂或者右臂一样荒谬。

所以，面对当前的局势，我们能做些什么？

1）解除对e保加利亚的制裁。

2）恢复e土耳其对EDEN联盟的外交和军事通道的共享权限。对于e土耳其这个盟友，我们需要与之建立军事协作和外交互动的能力，就像我们和e美国、e巴西和e俄罗斯所作的那样。协作，可以帮助我们建立信任和友谊。因此，这些通道需要向e土耳其开放，以建立良好的协作关系。

3）和平解决保土两国在e伊朗境内马赞兰达和塞姆南地区问题上的争端。这些地区对e土耳其并无价值，但是将通过硝酸盐的资源加成，促进e保加利亚的经济。

4）鼓励e保加利亚和e土耳其之间的建设性对话。这里我们再次强调，没人愿意失去任何一条手臂。

因此，我们希望双方通过谈判，采取合理措施来获得让步，而非用“非黑即白”的态度来对待争端。如果任何一方摆出“你要么支持我，要么反对我”的姿态，我们将为此感到可悲。

也许在这个月内，双方都无法获得讨论中100%的利益。但随着信任的逐步建立，就算是每方各获得25%或50%，也将成为下个月取得更大进展的坚实基础。

eRepublik已经三岁多了，而且，绝不会在本月结束其生命。只要双方能够提出现实的需求并做出合理让步，哪怕三月无法得到完美解决，四月也不会远了。

[EN]
The first major issue of foreign policy for the month of March is bringing the calm back inside our alliance, after the Bulgarian - Turkish conflict of last month.

Fortunately both sides eventually realised that escalating the crisis would only benefit our common enemies. So this month they are more open to a negotiated solution.

Also fortunately China was not involved in the last decision, which only managed to insult and infuriate both Bulgaria and Turkey. This gives China the possibility to act as a mediator this month, since she had no part in offending either Bulgaria or Turkey.

(But maybe the fact the representatives of China were not announced in due time, so they could not take part in those discussions, was actually unfortunate.

Traditionally the Chinese diplomats were able to find mutually beneficial solutions to the tensed situations in the region. And a mutually beneficial agreement was all that was required last month.)

Given the fact Bulgaria and Turkey are both valuable allies, whoever forces us to chose between them is like asking us to cut off the right arm or the left arm and to be happy about that.

So what can we do in the current situation?

1) To lift the sanctions against Bulgaria;

2) To restore the access of the Turkish representatives to the diplomatic and military channels which the EDEN countries share with their allies. We need to be able to coordinate our military and diplomatic activities with our Turkish allies just like we coordinate them with, say, the USA, Brazil or Russia. Trust and friendship are built by working together so those channels need to be opened so we can work together;

3) To support a peaceful solution to the Bulgarians - Turkish dispute regarding the Iranian regions of Mazandaran and Semnan. Those regions are of no use to Turkey but they would help the development of the Bulgarian economy, by giving them access to saltpeter;

4) To encourage the constructive dialogue between Turkey and Bulgaria. Here it is worth stressing again that nobody is happy to cut off one arm.

So we expect both sides to prefer taking small rational steps to meet in the middle instead of adopting a “black-or-white” attitude regarding the disputed matters. And we also would be very sad if either side comes to us with a “you are either with me or against me” attitude.

Maybe neither side would be able to get 100% of what is under discussion this month. But if each gets some 20% or 50% now, that is a solid foundation for making more progress the next month, after trust has developed a little bit more.

eRepublik is already 3 years old and will not end this month.

Whatever is not solved in March can be solved in April as long as both sides keep making realistic demands and reasonable concessions.


The eChinese MoFA team of March 2012:

Samuel KANG
FrankensteinMu
Binda33
mihail.cazacu