China congratulates Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne on his re-election, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
Lin Jian, the spokesman, made the remarks at a regular press briefing in Beijing in response to a media question about the country's elections.
"China congratulates Prime Minister Browne on his re-election. Antigua and Barbuda is a good friend and good partner of China in the Caribbean region. China is willing to work together with Antigua and Barbuda to continue to deepen bilateral pragmatic cooperation in various fields, promote the friendly relations between the two countries to a new level to better benefit the peoples of the two countries," he said.
Official results released on Friday showed that the incumbent Prime Minister Gaston Browne had won an unprecedented fourth consecutive electoral victory. Browne's Labor Party won 15 of the parliamentary seats in the eastern Caribbean island-nation, while the main opposition United Progressive Party won only one seat.
China congratulates prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda on re-election: spokesman
