Eligibility for U.S. military assistance, financial support, and other benefits that flow from cordial relations with the United States will be adjusted accordingly.
Southerners want it to be secular, not only so they can imbibe something stronger than hibiscus cordial, but also so that they no longer suffer discrimination in legal disputes with Muslims.
It is already clear that though Japan for long has enjoyed exceptionally cordial relations with Germany (neither side advertises this but it is a fact), financial officials in Tokyo are now pressuring their German colleagues to relax the austerity policy.
Meanwhile, Mr Blair's ceremonial welcome in Dublin is intended to reinforce the message that, whatever becomes of that agreement, the British-Irish entente will continue to be cordial.