He went on to list the territories, which he called “colonies,” and examples of how the French and Dutch administrations had caused “environmental degradation,” such as France’s nuclear testing in French Polynesia and Algeria.
Aliyev then spoke at length about this year’s violent unrest in New Caledonia, which he blamed on the “regime” of President Emmanuel Macron.
France has accused Azerbaijan of meddling in its domestic affairs, particularly in New Caledonia. Azerbaijan has, for example, founded the Baku Initiative Group, which brings together 14 political movements across the former French Empire in the name of decolonization, and built ties with local political figures calling for the autonomy or independence of France's overseas territories.
He also attacked the Council of Europe — the continent’s human rights watchdog — and the European Parliament for not condemning France’s handling of the situation.
“The European Parliament and the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe … became symbols of political corruption and share responsibility with the government of President Macron for killings of innocent people,” Aliyev said.
Aliyev's remarks Wednesday, which were met with enthusiastic applause from the island summit's attendees, come just one day after he used his opening speech at COP29 to attack Western “hypocrisy.”
Golda_M on November 14th, 2024 at 13:12 UTC »
15 years ago, this would have been a joke. Impotent games.
These days... the useful idiots have evolved into something no longer described by the old cliche... and this kind of thing is potentially potent.
I mean... this particular statement (or the new Caledonia crisis as a whole) are not very potent at a grand scale, but this kind of politics, propaganda and narrative mongering is... effective. Highly effective, at times.
You never know where thisit of geopolitical gameplay may find find purchase. Could be liberals. Could be leftists. Could be right wingers... Western politics is hard to predict, in this regard, at present.
fat_bronski on November 14th, 2024 at 13:10 UTC »
Azerbaijan on political level is literally worst country you can imagine, and their president is literally a dictator
galacticTreasure on November 14th, 2024 at 12:45 UTC »
It's important to note that he has a lot of incentive to keep europe away from alternative energy sources.
Currently as I understand it Europe is blocking Russian imports, depends on US imports and those of the middle east.
Africa is a potential source but requires serious attention/investing.
Trump as POTUS makes USA unreliable partners and it's more than likely Europe will default on the middle east and Africa.
Aliyev is attempting to disqualify Africa here, there is a reason Azerbaijan is wealthy, and it has a lot to do with energy production.