BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 30. Fighting colonialism
worldwide remains one of the main challenges, Chairman of
Azerbaijan’s Parliamentary Committee on Defense, Security, and
Anti-Corruption Ziyafat Asgarov said at a conference themed “French
Polynesia’s right to decolonization: challenges and prospects” in
the Azerbaijani parliament on May 30, Trend reports.
He pointed out that French colonization lasted for centuries,
and France abused the concepts of “justice” and “fraternity” to
realize its intentions.
“The distance between Polynesia and France is 17,000 kilometers.
What is France doing there? Why doesn’t it leave the inhabitants of
Polynesia alone?” the MP also said.
According to Asgarov, the work on fighting colonialism in the
world is already underway.
To note, heads and secretaries of commissions of the Parliament
of French Polynesia (Mā’OHI Nui), as well as leading staff of the
ruling Tāvini Party, have arrived in Azerbaijan on a visit.
The purpose of the four-day visit is to explore potential
inter-parliamentary, economic, and humanitarian collaborations
between Azerbaijan and French Polynesia, spanning various fields
like science, education, sports, and health.
The delegation from French Polynesia’s visit was extended at the
invitation of the Baku Initiative Group, which focuses on
addressing colonialism and its contemporary forms in the 21st
century.
This visit aligns with the Cooperation Agreement between the
Baku Initiative Group and the Tāvini Party, formalized during the
“The Path to Decolonization: Consequences of Assimilation and its
Implications for the Realization of Human Rights” international
conference held at the UN Office in Vienna on April 30.
The Tāvini party has persistently advocated for the independence
of French Polynesia over the years.
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