Shorouk Express
BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 26. The comment by
the Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of
France, accusing Azerbaijan in overseas territories interference is
an overt attempt to cover up France’s inaction vis-a-vis demands of
indigenous population of New Caledonia, said Spokesman for
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry Aykhan Hajizada, Trend reports.
“It was France that has always interfered into the regional
affairs, and tried to undermine the process led by Azerbaijan to
restore peace and stability.
The Baku Initiative Group, being an NGO, aims at bringing into
publicity France’s colonial policies and problems in overseas
territories. Efforts to denigrate the work of such groups
undermines the process of decolonization.
Instead of ending the policy of repressions against indigenous
population of New Caledonia, where as a result of use of force at
least 14 people died and many injured last year, blackmailing
against Azerbaijan demonstrates how futile France’s foreign policy
strategy is.
Moreover, the abuse by France of its role and resources in
multiple international organizations to put a pressure on
international NGO advocates aiming at propagating against the
neo-colonial policies is pointless and will not yield results.
We resolutely reject and condemn anti-Azerbaijani claims of
French Foreign Minister,” Hajizada said in a statement.
