{"id":22700,"date":"2018-12-17T22:52:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=22700"},"modified":"2018-12-17T22:52:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:52:05","slug":"pm-concerned-about-presence-of-russian-bombers-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-concerned-about-presence-of-russian-bombers-in-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"PM concerned about presence of Russian bombers in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne said Antigua & Barbuda is opposed to any initiative that may encourage hostilities in the region.<\/p>

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He was commenting on the two Tu-160 bombers landed in Venezuela last Monday in a Russian show of support for the government of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis hemisphere must remain a hemisphere of peace\u201d, the Prime Minister Browne said.<\/p>

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\u201cWe understand the dangers and notwithstanding the fact that Venezuela has been and continues to be a close ally of Antigua & Barbuda, we are very concerned about that development and we are hoping that is does not escalate into anything serious\u201d, he said.<\/p>

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The Prime Minister said if it does escalate \u201cwe definitely abhor any form of participation by Russia in creating any provocation in this hemisphere to destabilize the hemisphere and to literally plunge us into any form of military conflict\u201d.<\/p>\n

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