King Piripi would have prepared to meet in the Commonwealth. It would have meant it would be much simpler to see the various traditions that a Maori meeting would undertake. Still a meeting with a neighbour was important and so he accepted the offer to go to Xokklesi. He arrived early in the morning by car with a small group of advisers and a small military escort. He waited patiently on his side of the border for the Cassiopeians to arrive not wishing to disrupt any rituals the Queen may need to adhere to for people in her nation.