The prime minister of Papua New Guinea is not so happy about comments made by U.S. President Biden, in which he alluded to an incident involving his uncle and cannibals in the South Pacific island nation.
Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape, left, listens during a meeting with Pacific Islands Forum leaders during the U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Washington. Marape accused Joe …last week said his uncle Ambrose Finnegan was never found after he was shot down over the Pacific during World War II.
“He got shot down in an area where there were a lot of cannibals at the time. They never recovered his body,” the president said.] on four occasions, until today, and on every occasion he’s always had warm regards for Papua New Guinea. Never in those moments has he spoken of PNG as cannibals,” the prime minister said.
According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting agency, a mishap resulted in the loss of crew members when Finnegan’s aircraft crashed into the ocean. Despite immediate rescue efforts, including one survivor being saved by a nearby barge, exhaustive searches yielded no trace of the crew. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre clarified that the incident occurred over the Pacific Ocean and not over land, countering speculations spurred by Mr.this year about an encounter with the late German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, inaccurately stated to have taken place in 2021, despite Kohl having died in 2017. Mr.
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