Sinoć, kineska ambasada već je dala svoj jasan stav, da visoki američki zvaničnik ne upire prstom neodgovorno u odnose i saradnju između Kine i Crne Gore. Nažalost, gospodin Metju Palmer, zamjenik pomoćnika državnog sekretara i specijalni predstavnik za Zapadni Balkan SAD-a, je prije odlaska iz Crne Gore, u televizijskom gostovanju na "TV Vijesti", govorio o "zamci kineskog dugovanja". Izgleda da je to bila jedna od svrha njegove posjete Crnoj Gori, te da je želio uzburkati javnost. Na osnovu ovakvih izjava možemo vidjeti da je on navikao da bude svojevrstni "tutor" u drugim zemljama. Sumnjamo da li se narod Crne Gore slaže sa njegovim neosnovanim optužbama, imajući u vidu da dolaze od visokog američkog zvaničnika, koji predstavlja zvanične politike i očekivane ciljeve SAD-a.
Željeli bismo da gdina Palmera pitamo, zašto SAD nijesu pružile pomoć, u trenutku kada je crnogorski narod želio izgraditi autoput? Tokom svoje posjete, gdin Palmer, trebao je da se dobro fokusira na odnose između SAD-a i Crne Gore, a ne da nanese štetu odnosima Kine i Crne Gore, te da unižava imidž Kine, pod izgovorom da je dobro za Crnu Goru. Vjerujemo da neodgovorne izjave američkog zvaničnika ne mogu ugroziti kinesko-crnogorske odnose, kao i prijateljsku saradnju i imidž Kine u Crnoj Gori i regionu, kroz njegove negativne etikete.
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Last night, the Chinese Embassy kindly reminded senior US officials of refraining from dictating to China-Montenegro bilateral relations and cooperation. But unfortunately, today Mr. Palmer, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State again talked blatantly about the so-called'Chinese debt trap' in a TV interview before his departure. It is now quite clear that this was one of the purposes of his trip, in which he considered it as his mission to stir something up, since he used to regard himself a preacher in front of other countries. We doubt whether the people of Montenegro agree with his groundless accusations. Even if the local opinions disagreed, he must have felt obliged to speak in this way because the words of a senior US official, as he is, had to fully represent US official policy and desired goals.
We would like to ask him a simple question in return, why the United States of America did not lend a helping hand to the people of Montenegro when they were so eager to build a highway? As a farewell message to Mr. Palmer, your visit should have focused on promoting US-Montenegro relations properly, rather than trying to damage China-Montenegro relations and slander China's image in the name of doing good to Montenegro. China-Montenegro relations are too strong to be damaged by his malicious words about China. And China's traditional image of friendship and cooperation in Montenegro and the West Balkans region cannot be sabotaged by his negative label on China.