Azerbaijan had invited separatists from the French territories last year, resulting in a group whose stated aim is to support “French liberation and anti-colonialist movements”.
Unrest in French-controlled New Caledonia is being fuelled by foreign interference, a Paris-based official said on Thursday, as local officials battled to restore order in the South Pacific territory.
“Even if there are attempts at interference … France is sovereign on its own territory, and so much the better,” he added. Azerbaijan had invited separatists from the French territories of Martinique, French Guiana, New Caledonia and French Polynesia to Baku for a conference in July 2023,At the meeting, an organisation called “Baku Initiative Group” was formed, whose stated aim is to support “French liberation and anti-colonialist movements”, according to the newspaper.
French Socialist Raphael Glucksmann said Azerbaijan had made “attempts to interfere... for months”, theWhile tensions over election reform were the main factor, he said that Azerbaijan, among others, was “seizing on internal problems”.
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