Browne Questions How Antigua and Barbuda Could Threaten US National Security
By Cory Wayland
Prime Minister Gaston Browne says the United States has still not explained how Antigua and Barbuda could pose a national-security risk serious enough to justify visa restrictions.
Speaking Saturday, Browne said the government continued to engage US State Department officials and that he had written directly to President Donald Trump seeking clarity.
He described Antigua and Barbuda as a small country with no known hostile posture toward the United States and said the government was unaware of any specific incident that could explain the measures.
Browne also questioned the consistency of action taken against Caribbean Citizenship by Investment jurisdictions, observing that several affected countries maintain diplomatic relations with China while some aligned with Taiwan had not faced the same treatment.
He stressed that this was an observation, not a call for action against any other state.
The Prime Minister said direct access to a US president is difficult for the leader of a small developing country unless Washington arranges a wider regional engagement.
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