{"id":17220,"date":"2018-07-03T14:33:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T18:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=17220"},"modified":"2018-07-03T14:33:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T18:33:10","slug":"st-lucia-denies-statements-by-pm-browne-on-funding-liat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/st-lucia-denies-statements-by-pm-browne-on-funding-liat\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Lucia denies statements by PM Browne on funding LIAT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Allen Chastanet, has denied media reports that his country will be subsidizing regional airline, LIAT.<\/p>

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He said St. Lucia supports the airline but remains committed to \u201cseeing the necessary restructuring and some real change in operations at LIAT.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to media reports, the Prime Minister of Antigua Gaston Browne announced on a radio program that the governments of St. Lucia and Grenada, which have been harsh critics of the Antigua-based airline, now see it fit to support it.<\/p>

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According to the reports, Browne said the matter was agreed to at a just-concluded OECS meeting in St. Lucia.<\/p>

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But Chastanet said this is not true.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been consistent in our position on LIAT in that we propose that the airline operates on a strictly commercial basis,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have not yet made a decision on subsidizing LIAT. What we have agreed to is a meeting to discuss some of the issues relevant to the airline. We look forward to continued dialogue with the OECS and other stakeholders on the future of the airline.\u201d<\/p>

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The governments of Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica are the main shareholders of LIAT.<\/p>\n

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