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Marian Faa, Prianka Srinivasan and Belinda Kora 

FOUND: Papua new guinea s foreign minister justin tkatchenko steps aside - You Need To See This

Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister has stepped aside after widespread backlash to comments he made in defence of a video his daughter posted on TikTok.

Justin Tkatchenko called critics of the video "primitive animals" during an interview with the ABC on Wednesday.

The comments have been labelled racist and insulting, and sparked protests in PNG throughout the day, as well as calls for him to resign.

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