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Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Prime Minister Gaston Browne has congratulated Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdomkja, who was recently elected by the ruling Conservative Party as its leader.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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\"\"<\/a>Browne said that Johnson\u2019s life\u2019s work had prepared him to assume the leadership of Great Britain.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou come to this great office at a defining moment in the history of your ancient and illustrious land,\u201d the Antiguan leader said.<\/p>

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\u00a0<\/span>\u201cYour life\u2019s work and experience prepared you well for the task of setting Britain\u2019s future, and I am confident that the British people are in safe hands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cI recall, with great pleasure, our encounter in London during the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting last year, and I look forward to meeting you again shortly to advance further the long relationship between our two nations,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Browne wished Johnson \u201cgood fortune in his leadership of Great Britain,\u201d as he forges \u201cnew pathways to its economic prosperity\u201d and the enhancement of its standing in the international community.<\/p>

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