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The Ottoman Empire proudly declares that the ridiculous treaty revealed by the Netherlands, which was presented at the Conference of Berlin, was our response to their equally ludicrous proposition, the tyranny of which was unveiled by the Austrian Empire. Our delegate states that he was ‘so busy laughing at Prussia’s demands that I felt obliged to return the favour.’ 

We do not hide the fact that we wrote it, and we do not hide the fact that we treat it with as much disdain and humour now as when we presented it to the Prussians and their puppets. We hope it will bring as much laughter to the world as it brought to us who wrote it.

[b]His Highness, Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha, Foreign Minister of the Ottoman Empire[/b]