Douglas Tomuriesa, Pope Francis and James Marape

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  Opposition Leader Douglas Tomuriesa said he is disappointed and embarrassed over the way His Holiness Pope Francis was treated by Prime Minister James Marape over the last three-days during the Papal visit, and the lack of courtesy and respect shown by the Prime Minister. He said the Prime Minister continuously declares PNG as a ‘Christian country’ and prides himself on being a religious individual but he was surprised when the Pope was continuously snubbed by the PM over the weekend since the Pope’s arrival on Friday. “The Pope is the head of the Catholic church, the largest Christian church in the world and he is also a head of state. “PNG not only being a Christian country, but a country that prides itself as a ‘friend to all, enemy to none’, the PM should be according the Pope with the highest level of respect,” Tomuriesa said. The Opposition Leader pointed out that on Friday, the Prime Minister did not welcome the Pope at the airport, a tradition he had accorded to many other wo
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Marape warns against negative comments about visits

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Marape warns against negative comments about visits

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PRIME Minister James Marape has cautioned Papua New Guineans about comments they make in the media regarding the visits by United States President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this month.
“I appeal to all Papua New Guinea commentators, on both social and mainstream media, to refrain from unnecessary comments and innuendoes about the visits of President Biden and Prime Minister Modi,” Marape said.
“Such visits are not easy to put together, as Papua New Guinea is not the only country in the Indo-Pacific that they could have chosen to visit, especially at a time like this.
“Let us not take such visits for granted.
“I appeal to all commentators on both mainstream and social media to refrain from making unnecessary inferences, especially on matters that they know little of, such as global geo-politics and various other issues.”
Biden will arrive in Port Moresby on May 22 for a meeting with Marape and with the 18 Pacific nation leaders of the Pacific Island Forum, who will be in Port Moresby at the same time for the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC).
Marape said Papua New Guineans should appreciate that the leaders of two of the biggest economies in the world had chosen to visit the country.
“Papua New Guinea remains friends to all and enemies to none – a foundational policy that was deeply Pangu Pati’s at the time of Independence in 1975” he said.
“We have relationships with all countries (which) are invaluable.
“India is a huge country – a global economic powerhouse. And it is good for PNG that we have a good relationship with them.
“India is currently ranked as the fourth-largest economy in the world and will continue to grow bigger.
“The US is number one economy in the world.
“The leaders of the US and India chose to visit us when they could have easily gone elsewhere, so let us respect their choice to visit us.”
“I thank President Biden and Prime Minister Modi for this huge vote of confidence in PNG.”

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