"I thank the Honourable Ambassador Khaleda Zia Wazed for his well reasoned contribution.
I would like to reiterate his point that so far there is no reason to suspect that this was anything other than a terrible industrial accident as claimed by the Lakhzov Development Corporation which runs the plant. That said even if it were the case as some seek to claim that the plant was bombed, and even if this bombing were a deliberate act it would still not constitute a chemical weapons attack.
It is well established and accepted by everyone at this point that the chemicals produced at this plant are particularly toxic, it is also accepted by all that these reagents can be used to produce additional highly toxic compounds. If the FMN report is to be believed the plant was under assault from the Khaliniz Brigade, a terrorist militia that historically committed atrocious war crimes against innocent Lakhzov citizens in Transmecuria. What can we suppose their intentions were with such a plant? We can imagine the seriousness of a situation where such a terrorist group were to get its hands on chemical agents that could very easily be weaponised, and given their history it would not be beyond the limit of imagination that they would do so.
Would any nation allow a situation where a terrorist group were allowed to seize weaponisable chemical agents? In such a situation it is an absolute right and duty of a nation to prevent such agents falling into the terrorist groups hands, even if this were to mean destroying the stockpiles despite the risk to the local population. As it happens the gas leaks from this incident have caused skin irritation, eye swelling and breathing difficulties; yet nobody has died. Were this plant to fall to the Khaliniz brigade the use of these agents in higher concentrations in a densely populated area could have led to the deaths of many thousands of people.
Am I, as a representative of Lakhzovia, really meant to sit here and listen to nations accuse my country of war crimes and chemical warfare while turning a blind eye to the prospect of genuine chemical attacks had these stocks fallen to the Utman? And am I really supposed to accept assurances from our detractors here that they do not have a pro-Utman agenda when they appear willing to condone attempts by the Utman to seize such sites?
We are told there is no conspiracy against our government and country yet let's recall the series of events that have brought us here today. There was a delay in announcing the results of an election in which there were a number of anomalies and evidence of coercion while investigations were made to validate the outcome. In that time Argan Tsagarai, who intel documentation shows conspired with the terrorist Utman Liberation Organisation to influence the elections, instigated a pressure campaign and series of violent disturbances of the peace in cities across the country while he himself went in to hiding.
This situation brought out patriotic citizens in counter-protests and on the back of rumours that Tsagarai was being sheltered by Rokkenjima a group of extremists including the Hand of Emet militia laid siege to the Rokkenjiman Embassy. In light of this situation President Kadassa was in personal direct contact with the Empress of Rokkenjima attempting to resolve the crisis, and I am able to reveal that while we were preparing police action to arrest the mob en masse we also had agents who had infiltrated into the embassy in order to mount a rescue, having requested from Rokkenjima information crucial to the successful extraction of their staff we were provided with falsified building plans that led to our team being unable to complete their task. Meanwhile the embassy siege was used as a pretext by both Rokkenjima and Achkaerin to station warships in the Peniche Bay.
When the Utman subsequently decided to launch an armed revolt against the state, seizing key infrastructure and security posts Lakhzovia was halted from responding to the growing security threat by a build up of Rokkenjiman and Achkaerinese military assets in the area and the threats of war should Lakhzovia act against the Utman. All the while the Khaliniz Brigades have been terrorising the Lakhzov of Transmecuria, many of whom have already fled their villages to the perceived security of the cities in the beginnings of an internal refugee crisis.
Yet we are supposed to believe that there is no agenda here? That Rokkenjima and Achkaerin do not seek to offer their protection and support to the Utman cause?
Lakhzovia is the victim of aggression, and yet we are treated as the villain and at every turn find ourselves constrained while innocent people suffer. The actions of these states is a grave injustice and the single biggest contributing factor to the destabilisation of the region. As such we demand an immediate military de-escalation on the part of Rokkenjima and Achkaerin. To imagine that there could be any sort of negotiations while these two states sit ready to invade should Lakhzovia not cede to the demands of terrorists is a travesty of justice and international legal norms."
