Minister for Overseas Territories, Sébastien Lecornu calls for lasting peace in New Caledonia.
Two months after its second majority “no” to independence, the Pacific archipelago experienced a week of violence.
At the heart of the tensions: the announced sale of the nickel plant of the Brazilian Vale to a Caledonian and international consortium, contested by the separatists.
LE FIGARO.
- Should we fear a return of civil war in New Caledonia?
Sébastien LECORNU.
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It would be a failure for everyone.
I would like to pay tribute to the remarkable work of the police, who succeeded, Thursday, in thwarting an attempted violent intrusion on the site of the South factory and had to use their weapons.
The Republic is not weak in New Caledonia.
As for the judicial authority, it has started to give a criminal answer.
This climate requires political dialogue with local actors, on the ongoing decolonization process and the resulting institutional future,
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