Paraguay official resigns after signing deal with fictional country Kailasa

A senior Paraguayan official resigned from his position this week after he realised that he had signed a cooperation memorandum with Kailasa, a fictional country founded by self-styled religious leader Nithyananda, AFP reported.

The rape-accused leader claims to have set up a country called the United States of Kailasa, which is purported to be an island off the coast of Ecuador.

Arnaldo Chamorro, the chief of staff at Paraguay’s agriculture ministry, told reporters that he was deceived by people who claimed to be officials from the United States of Kailasa, which they said was a country located on a South American island.

Chamorro had issued a proclamation expressing his commitment to foster diplomatic relations with Kailasa, thus recognising the existence of the imaginary country.

“They came and expressed a wish to help Paraguay,” he said. “They presented several projects, we listened to them and that was that.”

The agreement signed on October 16, had proposed the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, AFP reported. The official document recommends that the Paraguayan government actively explore the establishment of diplomatic relations with the United States of Kailasa.

It also asks to support admission of Kailasa as a sovereign state to various international organisations, including the United Nations.

Besides Paraguay’s agriculture ministry, two municipalities of the...

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