Dear all, International friends and colleagues, With the 2017 amendment of the Diplomatic & Consular Administration Act 2009 that I led thorugh our Parliament, our Government has been able to secure increased funding and administrative support to host Embassies, Consulates, Delegates and Legations from a wider array of international partners, providing increased safety and security for our Diplomatic Corps while increasing public access and services that they can offer. At the core of this initiative is the revolution of our Diplomatic Programme, streamlining and simplifying the process of opening and modifying your diplomatic presence in our country. We welcome a suite of new applicants who, by cost or by administrative complexity, have not previously been able to offer a direct diplomatic line of communication to Xuande-Xiphoi. Our Diplomatic Corps is a professional community; this Act will also bring increased support and funding to the Diplomatic Corps to enhance the professional and social bonds between the Diplomatic Corps and the Xuande-Xiphoian Government, and within the Corps itself. Xuande-Xiphoi is at the crossroads of the east and west, and with our open borders policy of visa-free immigration for all people, we have become a hugely multicultural nation and economy. Our diversity creates tremendous opportunities for business and community, and we believe the support of cultural offices in our nation can serve to mutually benefit our nations and enhance cultural understanding. Xuande-Xiphoi intends to work closely with our Open Border Residents, community groups, and diplomatic officials to build harmony and acceptance of people of all ethnicities, nationalities, colours and creeds in our Republics & Kingdom. With exceptional diversity we find exceptional thinkers, people who are driven by innovative and entrepreneurial spirits. International corporations and small businesses alike have found success by headquartering in Xuande-Xiphoi, and we invite the Diplomatic Corps to engage with our business communities to build strong international links. Through your Embassy, we offer opportunities for engagement with our public service experts in fields including tourism, commerce, resources, and so on to strengthen our trade ties. Free trade agreements and preferential trade statuses are built in the conference rooms of embassies before they are signed in the halls of Congresses and Parliaments. And of course, offering the critical diplomatic and consular services to your citizens that international law guarantees them supports Xuande-Xiphoi's policy of adherence to international human and civil rights legislation. We believe all citizens overseas should have access to the crucial consular services of their nation, and we will always endeavor to support your embassy's delivery of these services - it is certainly a unique and very special experience to see a foreign polling booth in the Great Hall of our Parliament, a remarkable symbol of our support and admiration for foreign democracies and their procedures. I, and the whole Xuande-Xiphoian Government, take great pleasure in welcoming you to our nation, and we look forwards to building and benefitting from a genuinely formed and ever-deepening relationship between our states. Daniel Hayes, CS, MP Prime Minister of Xuande-Xiphoi 10 September, 2017 |