Angrast Accord
| Accord for Transgovernmental Cooperation on Lake Kupalnitsa | |
|---|---|
 Flag & Sigil | |
| Type | Regional cooperation treaty |
| Context | ATCOK |
| Signed | 17 November 1967 |
| Location | Angrast, Drevstran |
| Parties | |
| Languages | Gariman Ostro-Ludzic Standard Ludic Low Ludic |
The Accord for Transgovernmental Cooperation on Lake Kupalnitsa, better known as the Angrast Accord, is an intergovernmental organization centered around Eastern Belisaria, which promotes fostering environmental, economic, and political cooperation regarding the transnational Lake Kupalnitsa. Its founding member-states are the four nations that border the lake: Drevstran, Garima, Ostrozava, and Ludvosiya. The Angrast Accord formally regulates international water borders on the lake, ownership and extraction rights for resources such as offshore oil fields and major fisheries, promotes conservation of protected environmental and ecological niches, and serves as a regional summit to promote peaceful political discussion. It was ratified at, and named after, the capital of Drevstran, Angrast, although its current headquarters are in the Drevstranese city of Barbellon, with additional offices in Rovan, Ludvosiyan city, and Levigorsk.
The Angrast Accord is not a formal political alliance; many of its member-states have often been politically opposed in the past. Like the Association of Malaio-Ozeros Nations, the Angrast Accord is intended to be an agreement on regional growth and development, rather than an ideological or military alliance, such as the Kiso Pact, though efforts to expand the accord have been fraught with controversy.
History
In the aftermath of the Great Republican War, the countries of the Kupalnitsa were in need of rebuilding their economies. Ostrozava and Ludvosiya, where most of the ground fighting had taken place, had been most affected and suffered from depleted gold reserves, foreign exchange reserves, and hyperinflation due to debts contracted to support the war effort. Drevstran had also participated militarily in the war through its Naval and Expeditionary Forces. It was also one of the main creditors of the Republican side of the conflict, and had its military industries boosted by the demand of the war. In 1964, representatives of all three countries met for the first time on the island of Hrotka to discuss the possibility of a joint post-war recovery effort. Three years later, a second meeting was held in Angrast, the capital of Drevstran. Even though they had remained neutral in the war, Garima's position on the Kupalnitsa, as an actor in interlake commerce, and as a creditor of all war participants had earned it a seat at the negotiation of the Lake's post-war future. Drevstranese Mayor Marveil Urshlo had been especially adamant about the need for Gariman representation for the results of the discussions to hold any weight; as this had followed the (GRW Peace Treaty negotiated in Garima), Primar Oskar Beránek of the Ostrozavan Prime Defense Council also supported the plan, despite some domestic pushback.
This Congress of Angrast ended with the signature of the eponymous Angrast Accords, which laid down the foundations for economic cooperation between the four states going forward as well as the normalization of their diplomatic relations.