“Cease maligning Antigua and Barbuda to advertise your egocentric political pursuits.” That’s the message from E. P. “Chet” Greene, the Overseas Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, to former Puerto Rican legislator, José Aponte Hernández.
The Minister said, “In a current outburst, José Aponte Hernández launched unfounded and false allegations towards the sovereign nation of Antigua and Barbuda, claiming that our infrastructure developments are a part of a army technique by China, notably alleging that our airport is used for the touchdown and take-off of Communist Chinese language bombers.”
“His assertion shouldn’t be solely baseless, however it additionally seems crafted to advertise his long-held and unsuccessful want to annex Puerto Rico to the US as a state.”
“Antigua and Barbuda is a world-renowned tourism vacation spot. Our airport and seaport welcome lots of the world’s main airways and cruise ships, bearing a whole bunch of 1000’s of US residents yearly, together with officers of the US Embassy. Not considered one of these entities or people has ever corroborated Mr. Aponte’s outrageous and extremely malicious claims.”
“These assertions by Mr. Aponte are grounded in a sensationalist article written by a identified ardent anti-China advocate within the publication Newsweek. Aponte demonstrated a profound disregard for the reality by not searching for to determine the information earlier than uttering his falsehoods towards a neighbouring nation, thereby calling into query his credibility as a accountable chief in Puerto Rico.”
“I doubt that Mr. Aponte can be respectable sufficient to apologize however, because the Overseas Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, I’m compelled to demand that he stop utilizing unfounded and libelous statements towards our sovereign nation. We urge him to deal with constructive and truthful discourse, relatively than propagating falsehoods that serve no objective aside from to advertise his political ambitions on the expense of the folks of Antigua and Barbuda.”
“Our nation stays dedicated to stability and prosperity within the area, fostering relationships based mostly on respect and mutual profit. We stand robust towards any efforts to undermine our nation by deceit and manipulation and can proceed to uphold our values of democracy and freedom.”
