The reaction of the prime minister of Papua New Guinea to Biden’s “cannibalism” joke

report Mehr News quoted by Rashatodi, James Marape, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, referring to the story told by US President Joe Biden about his uncle’s disappearance in this country located in the Pacific Ocean. , said that Papua New Guinea does not deserve to be called a “cannibal”!

Last week, Biden told a story about Ambrose Finnegan, his mother’s brother; Someone who, according to Biden, went missing while on a mission in New Guinea after his plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean. According to the American president, the plane crashed and his uncle’s body was never found because “there were many cannibals in that part of New Guinea”!

Marape, noting that he has met with Biden on four occasions, said of his comments: “He has always had a lot of respect for Papua New Guinea, but sometimes Blood does not reach your brain! Maybe Biden’s words were a verbal mistake; However, my country does not deserve the label “cannibals”!

The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea continued: Our country was dragged into World War II in a war that was not for itself. We ask the United States to help clean this country and the Solomon Islands from the remnants of the Second World War, including human corpses, plane and ship wreckage, tunnels and bombs that continue to threaten human lives.

He then sarcastically told Biden: “Maybe if this is done, the truth about missing soldiers like Ambrose Finnegan will be revealed.”