Nothing is going well between Paris and Baku. The Minister of Overseas indeed denounces the “interference and destabilization operations” of Azerbaijan in the overseas territories.
“I want to strongly denounce the operations of interference and destabilization of Azerbaijan in our overseas territories. They deserve a unanimous conviction of all, ”said Manuel Valls in an interview published on Saturday evening by the daily Ouest-France. “This regime, with an open face and without the slightest scruples, attacks our integrity, and our fundamental principles. It is unacceptable, “he added, calling on elected officials and political forces to” condemn these actions “and to” refuse any complacency with the Baku regime “.
Independentists in Azerbaijan
Representatives of independentist movements of several overseas territories and Corsica met Thursday and Friday in New Caledonia for the constitutive congress of the “International Decolonization Front”. The event was relayed, on its social networks, by the Baku Initiative Group (BIG), an organization promoted by the Azerbaijani State very involved in supporting French independence movements.
This congress was held after representatives of French independence training had granted themselves in July on the creation of a common “liberation front” during a congress organized in Azerbaijan.
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For months, Paris accuses Baku of “interference” and manipulation on New Caledonia and more generally on overseas, in a context of tensions between the two capitals due to the support of France to Armenia, The historic rival of Azerbaijan.
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