Office of The Press Director
Department of Foreign Affairs
Angel Mayer,
Press Director of the DFA and Executive Power.
KINGDOM OF SOUTHERN SEA RECOGNIZES ESLONIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY
The Government of His Majesty, King Charles of Southern Sea has offered the title of "Knight of the King's Crown" to Eslonian Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bernard Selfin. 
This honor is bestowed to one individual on a yearly basis by The Kingdom of Southern Sea.  Ambassador Selfin was recognized for his excellency in diplomacy and intermicronational affairs. 
Eslo considers the KSS as an important micronation for its record-keeping procedures through the Institution of Political Science and Diplomacy.  This center has published important documents regarding micronational activity and is often referred to by Eslonian government officials for accurate academic study data. 
Ambassador Selfin was happy to accept the title under Eslonian law, which states that the title is seen as an award and disallows Eslonians from participating in internal political issues of other countries.  Therefore, Ambassador Selfin will not add "Sir" to his title except when in the boundaries of Southern Sea.
The Government of Eslo expressed its thanks to the Kingdom of Southern Sea and communicated its desires for the continuation of cordial relations between the countries.
FIRLL OFFERS OFFICIAL APOLOGY TO ESLO
The Free and Independent Republic of the Low Lands, which Eslo had campaigned agaisnt for international fraud and inactivity, has offered an apology to the Government of Eslo. 
In a message received in late August 2002, Foreign Minister P. de Kuijer offered a note in which he explains the events which led to the inactivity.  The DFA and other Eslonian government officials have reviewed the note extensively and are currently deciding a policy to adapt.
As per a request of the "renewed provisional FIRILL government, here is a copy of the note received by the DFA.
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Dear Ambassador Bernard Selfin,

As one of the representative of the Free and Independent Republic of
the Low
Lands I would like to react to the statement that was expressed by
your
nation. In that statement you condemned the Firll because of his in
activeness and for "fraud". And I must say that I totally
agree from your
point of view. But the case isn't as simple as it looks. On the 23st
of
December we lost one of our 3 (we are a small micro nation)
secretaries in a
car accident near the Dutch city of Rotterdam. After the accident we
had a
lot of things to arrange, because this gentleman was not only our
secretary,
but he was also our friend. It took about three month's to get over
this
tragic accident. And we didn't want to think of our micro nation at
all at
that time. Two month's ago we started talking about the possibility
to
"re-launch our nation", and we are still talking. We also
reopened our
mailbox at hotmail, but because of the rules of hotmail, we lost all
our
e-mails. So we never received the messages you wrote concerning the
song
festival. I hope that you will get a little more understanding for
the whole
situation, and I as (secretary of foreign affairs) would really like
to
apologize to your nation and to everybody who had great expectations
of the
songfestival event. On this very moment we are (as I mentioned
earlier on)
considering to re-launch our nation, and we have written a
declaration of
re-launching the Firll.(see attachment) I have one thing left to say,
I
would like to ask you to post this message on your site so that all
the
people of your nation, and other nations can read this. I hope that
if we
re-launch our republic we will still be able to create friendly
relations
with your nation.

Yours Sincerely

P. de Kuijer
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A note of reply was sent to the FIRLL on September 1st.  The details of this note remain classified, but Secretaary Selfin can be contacted for more information.
ESLO APPOINTS NEW AMBASSADOR TO BRAZIL
The Government of His Majesty King Jose Izzaguerra has appointed His Excellency, Marcel Carrijo as Ambassador of Eslo to Brazil.  The Ambassador is an experienced person in the feild of international relations.  He has participated in several international conferences including Harvard University's WORLDMUN. 
Apart from an ample experience in multilateral politics, Ambassador Carrijo has served in the diplomatic corps of other resprected micronations.  He is familiar with the workings of the Mercosur group of nations, which Eslo will seek to have stronger contact with in the year 2002-2003. 
In addition to Brazil, Ambassador Carrijo is Eslo's new Deputy Permanent Representative to the League of Micronations.  Previously a delegate to the LOM, his experience in micronational issues is vast.  Ambassador Carrijo entered the Eslonian Foreign Service in August of 2002, and these are his first postings.  He can be contacted through the DFA or through Eslo's embassy in Brasilia.