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NORTH BAGGNAGIA/SOUTH BAGGNAGIA BORDER – Lt. General Radoslav Meier, Chairman of Military Council of South Baggnagia, and North Baggnagian Divisional General Zbynek Fiala met today in person once again. They were both invited to attend a meeting of the Baggnagian Reunification Commission at the border between North and South Baggnagia. It was a large gathering because it had members of the Commission from North and South Baggnagia, Lt. General Radoslav Meier, North Baggnagian Divisional General Zbynek Fiala, North and South Baggnagian diplomats. This was an event broadcast, televised and live-streamed in North and South Baggnagia. Everybody in both nations were holding their breath together. That was because of the anticipation and because everybody watching realized that this was history in the making. They were direct participants and witnesses of it from the distance.
Apart from those gathered at the large Baggnagian Reunification Commission meeting it was empty all around, except for socially-distancing the press. This was done because of a request for North and South Baggnagian citizens to uphold anti-virus measures and avoid large public gatherings. So nobody was a live witness to the event apart from journalists. Other citizens could only observe it through their screens. But the large meeting itself did partially violate the anti-virus recommendations because the Commission’s meeting was a large gathering of people in the same area. All participants avoided shaking hands or touching each other and everybody brought their own pen and paper. Handshakes were also avoided. And yet everybody was at a close proximity to each other. It almost seemed like the participants did not care so much for the virus. They cared more about the long-awaited event for the divided Baggnagian nation that was supposed to happen there and then.
Lt. General Radoslav Meier, Chairman of Military Council of South Baggnagia, and North Baggnagian Divisional General Zbynek Fiala decided to symbolically share one pen when signing the Baggnagian Unification Treaty. The pen was disinfected and both leaders wore gloves when picking it up and passing it to each other. Lt. General Radoslav Meier put on gloves, picked up the disinfected pen and signed the Unification Treaty. Lt. General then passed the Unification Treaty and the pen to North Baggnagian Divisional General who also wore gloves. North Baggnagian Divisional General then proceeded to place his signature on the Unification Treaty. Afterwards glove-wearing North and South Baggnagian members of the Baggnagian Reunification Commission proceeded to sign the Unification Treaty with that same pen or with their own pens. What followed was a handshake between Lt. General Radoslav Meier and North Baggnagian Divisional General Zbynek Fiala. Both were of course wearing gloves at that moment. Everybody around the table exchanged handshakes and smiles while wearing gloves but avoided the temptation to hug each other despite emotion.
Lt. General Radoslav Meier and North Baggnagian Divisional General Zbynek Fiala proceeded to walk from behind the table before the cameras that were capturing the event. They grabbed each other by their right hand and proceeded to raise them as high as they could. From that historic moment North and South Baggnagia were and now are in celebration. One last step left before the border dividing the same nation is removed: ratification on both sides.