France accuses Azerbaijan of interference in New Caledonia riots

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00:00Is Azerbaijan trying to take advantage of the political unrest in New Caledonia?

00:05That's what France's interior minister alleges.

00:08Asked about the presence of Azerbaijani flags at independence demonstrations in the territory,

00:13Gérald Damanin accuses Baku of attempted interference.

00:17Regarding Azerbaijan, this is not a fantasy, it is a reality.

00:22It is a dictatorship that massacres a number of Armenians,

00:26and I regret that some of the Caledonian independence leaders

00:29made a deal with Azerbaijan that is indisputable,

00:32and it gives an idea of what democracy would look like if we listened to certain leaders.

00:39Azerbaijan's foreign ministry reacting immediately,

00:42calling the accusations baseless and adding...

00:45Instead of accusing Azerbaijan of allegedly supporting pro-independence protests in New

00:50Caledonia, the minister of the interior of France should focus on his country's failed policy

00:56towards the overseas territories that led to such protests.

01:00Relations between France and Azerbaijan have disintegrated in recent years.

01:04Azerbaijan resents France's political and military support for its arch-rival Armenia,

01:10a situation intensified by Baku's seizure of the ethnic Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023.

01:18Azerbaijan also invited separatists from New Caledonia and other French territories to Baku

01:23for a conference last year.

01:25And Azerbaijan isn't the only nation France believes is trying to destabilize French

01:30territories. Russia and China are also accused of spreading anti-French propaganda.

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