Serenierre
Established Nation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Paris
The building had originally been a part of the estate of a prince, sometime in the late 18th century, who upon being made the Foreign Minister had donated the building to the Crown to house the Foreign Ministry. Since then, the building had been expanded numerous times and other ministries had been set up in what had become the Government Quarter. Outside the building, the ISE had blocked the main road to the ministry and had dispatched dozens of dog-sniffing teams and bomb disposal sqauds - better safe than sorry, that was the motto. Inside, the foreign ministers sat in the conference room, the Belmontien foreign minister and his aides on the right and the SEEDTO counterparts on the left.
Jean-Jacques Villevan had been the one who had proposed the summit to the Premier. The establishment of the alliance had brought a certain stability in that volatile region of Himyar but it was a very fragile peace, in his mind. The ravages of war inflicted upon the Jurzan had devastated the oil-rich country and there was no doubt in his mind that rebuilding Jurzan would be far too much of a strain for the Himyari alliance to bear alone. Switching on the mic, "Fellow foreign ministers," he began, smiling, "As we begin the Belmont-SEEDTO* Summit let me begin by saying that it is my hope that during the course of this summit we are able to come to conclusions that strengthen our bilateral and multilateral ties. I yield the floor to my guests to make the introductory statements." Villevan leaned back, looking at the other men.
Paris
The building had originally been a part of the estate of a prince, sometime in the late 18th century, who upon being made the Foreign Minister had donated the building to the Crown to house the Foreign Ministry. Since then, the building had been expanded numerous times and other ministries had been set up in what had become the Government Quarter. Outside the building, the ISE had blocked the main road to the ministry and had dispatched dozens of dog-sniffing teams and bomb disposal sqauds - better safe than sorry, that was the motto. Inside, the foreign ministers sat in the conference room, the Belmontien foreign minister and his aides on the right and the SEEDTO counterparts on the left.
Jean-Jacques Villevan had been the one who had proposed the summit to the Premier. The establishment of the alliance had brought a certain stability in that volatile region of Himyar but it was a very fragile peace, in his mind. The ravages of war inflicted upon the Jurzan had devastated the oil-rich country and there was no doubt in his mind that rebuilding Jurzan would be far too much of a strain for the Himyari alliance to bear alone. Switching on the mic, "Fellow foreign ministers," he began, smiling, "As we begin the Belmont-SEEDTO* Summit let me begin by saying that it is my hope that during the course of this summit we are able to come to conclusions that strengthen our bilateral and multilateral ties. I yield the floor to my guests to make the introductory statements." Villevan leaned back, looking at the other men.
* I'm pronouncing at as see-ed-toe rather than seed-to