Pronoun Question

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Pronoun Question

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Sentence as below:
"The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has denied being racist after a close ally and friend resigned from his government over his comments describing western Europe as a mixed-race world."

My question is:
Regarding "his comments" in the sentence, does it mean Prme Minister's comments? or his friend's comments?
Is it able to be determined by grammar?


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Re: Pronoun Question

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No. It is a matter of sense/context and - except that the referent is masculine - nothing to do with grammar!
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