(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 3. The island of Mayotte is trying to fight France's colonial policy, the member of the Maoré committee, Mahmoud Muidin, told Trend.

After the independence of Comoros, the four islands that comprise it should also be independent.

“There is a UN decision in this regard. Although this decision was made, it has not been realized. This too has a reason - the colonial policy of France.

We have received support from Azerbaijan. I also want to thank the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, for his mention of the island of Mayotte. France has built a cultural wall here. This is because, ethnically and biologically, we, natives of Mayotte Island, are the same as other islanders. However, France does not want this to continue. We condemn this policy of France,” he added.

To note, the Baku Initiative Group is organizing an international conference in Baku on the French-occupied island of Mayotte.

The conference entitled“Illegal French Occupation of Mayotte Island of Comoros Union” is attended by social and political figures of the island of Mayotte, representatives of scientific circles, human rights activists, heads of non-governmental organizations, members of political parties fighting against the occupation of the island of Mayotte by France and striving for the return of the island of Mayotte to the Union of the Comoros, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Azerbaijan.

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