France Blocks All Mayotte Occupation Issues In Int'l Organizations - Baku Initiative Group
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 3. France blocked
all issues regarding Mayotte's Occupation in international
organizations, Head of the Baku Initiative Group Abbas Abbasov told
reporters, Trend
reports.
"The French government conducted artificial and illegal
referendums in 1976 and occupied the island of Mayotte. Since 1995,
the French government has blocked all issues related to the Comoros
and the occupation of Mayotte in international organizations,"
Abbasov said.
He mentioned that, after 19 long years, the Baku Initiative
Group pulled out all the stops and organized an international
conference to tackle this issue head-on and drive home the
importance of the UN resolutions to the international
community.
"The Baku Initiative Group will continue to call for the
implementation of UN resolutions. We will always support these
principles of international law," he added.
An international conference, organized by the Baku Initiative
Group and dedicated to the French-occupied island of Mayotte, is
taking place in Baku.
The conference titled "The illegal occupation of Mayotte Island
by France, Union of the Comoros" is attended by public and
political figures from Mayotte, representatives of the academic
community, human rights activists, heads of non-governmental
organizations, members of political parties fighting against the
occupation of Mayotte Island by France and striving for the return
of Mayotte to the Union of the Comoros, as well as representatives
of the diplomatic corps accredited in Azerbaijan.
The conference is discussing the history of French colonization
of the Comoros, France's occupation of Mayotte island and the
resulting damage to the Comorians, the economic and geopolitical
goals of France's colonial policy in the region, and the opinions
of international organizations on Mayotte's place in the Union of
the Comoros.
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