"This is a rather strange development," the minister quietly mused, obviously thinking out loud. "I thought that they would have done this earlier, but better later than never."
He began to write out a reply.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION
OFFICE OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
IMPERIAL FEDERATION OF THE MONAVIAN EMPIRE
Dear sir or madam:
I hereby issue my approval of your application to establish a diplomatic mission in Monavia and to construct a chancery for housing the same.
I have no objections to the specifications as enumerated within your application. The matter of extraterritoriality will have to be resolved by Parliament, which has authority over the cession of control of Monavian lands. A treaty will be drawn up shortly enough to resolve this, but the land is ready for construction.
The only demand that I forsee Parliament putting forth in the cession agreement is a clause requiring the territory to devolve back upon Monavia is the embassy is disbanded or the Novikovian government was to collapse. Neither of these scenarios appear to be likely.
Sincerely,
The Right Honorable Frank Carter, Minister of Foreign Affairs
After preparing his response on Ministry stationery, he sealed it in an envelope and mailed it to Novikov. A copy would be faxed to the same location and an electronic copy would be sent is requested.