{"id":230808,"date":"2025-03-27T08:44:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=230808"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T16:47:14","slug":"antigua-cabinet-addresses-u-s-security-concerns-over-cip-supports-caricom-chair-in-oecs-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-cabinet-addresses-u-s-security-concerns-over-cip-supports-caricom-chair-in-oecs-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua Cabinet Addresses U.S. Security Concerns Over CIP, Supports CARICOM Chair in OECS Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2838134687\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Cabinet held a discussion on the evident threat to the Citizenship by Investment Programme that several OECS Countries are successfully pursuing.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent claim by the Secretary of State of the United States suggests that the US is concluding that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-sets-june-25-as-census-day-urges-national-participation\/?swcfpc=1\">CIPs <\/a><\/strong>are a threat to its security.<\/p><div id=\"antig-348999349\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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The same will happen, the Cabinet believes, when the USA enters such a claim against the OECS countries. <\/p><div id=\"antig-3100241301\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, 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