Following the recent humanitarian visit of
Melissa Lusk to Meybad in Royal Seleucid King Heydar is formally requesting the departure of Ui Cenneslaig troops from the Celtic Protectorate.
King Heydar realises that a total and sudden departure of the Cenneg troops is both irresponsible and impractical and so has laid out the following provisional timetable for withdrawal
End of Jan 2020 - Cenneg numbers to be reduced to 4,000 soldiers. Naval assets to be limited to no more than a Destroyer, a Frigate and a submarine. Seleucid Police to begin joint patrols with Cenneg military.
February 14th 2020 - Seleucid Air Force to assume total responsibility for controlling air space.
End of Feb 2020 - Cenneg numbers to be reduced to 3,000 soldiers. Naval assets totally removed and Seleucid Navy to re-assume responsibility for maritime patrols. Removal of all Cenneg Air assets
15th March 2020 - A maximum number of 1,200 Seleucid soldiers permitted into the Celtic Protectorate
End of March 2020- Cenneg numbers to be reduced to 1,000 soldiers. Cenneg representative to Royal Council stands down.
15th April 2020 - Cenneg to officially hand over responsibility for enforcing laws to Seleucid government within the Protectorate.
End of April 2020 - Cenneg numbers to reduced to 500 soldiers. Cenneg embassy to move officially from Meybad to Ipsus
15th of May 2020 - Final Cenneg soldiers leave.
In order to ensure the confidence of the citizens living in the Celtic Protectorate King Heydar has today issued a Royal Commission to Brigadier Safaa Boulos to form the Jekar Militia. This shall be a volunteer force of no more than 1,200 soldiers and a further 800 specialist police officers. All members of this force shall be Cultists who have passed a sword ceremony. They shall be the first unit to re-enter the Protectorate on the 15th of March 2020 and it is anticipated many of them shall have been born within the Protectorate territory.
The nation of Royal Seleucid does not seek to erase its history. The attempted genocide of Cultists by rouge military officers shall forever be a stain on the nations otherwise good character. We must however seek to heal our nation rather than keep it seperate. King Heydar is only too aware that his father gave a sacred word that the Protectorate would be in place until 2026 however he is confident that all requirements placed upon the people of Royal Seleucid have been more than fulfilled and would urge King Finley of Ui Cenneslaig to accept the timetable as presented or meet face to face with King Heydar in Ipsus to discuss revisions to the timetable. To maintain the Protectorate until its oath bound final date is in the opinion of His Majesty a travesty of justice and an insult to the hard work the Seleucid people of all background have put in to healing the nation.