PNG Foreign Minister Tkatchenko Steps Aside Over Controversial Comments and Travel Expenses.

Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko has announced that he will "step aside" after apologising for calling people who criticised his daughter's lavish trip to London "primitive animals". Tkatchenko made the comment to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation amid outrage over a TikTok video his daughter Savannah released earlier this week of her taxpayer-funded trip to King Charles's coronation. The scandal over Tkatchenko comes as PNG prepares to host United States President Joe Biden, and leaders of the Pacific Island Forum in Port Moresby later this month.