BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 5. France, which adheres to neo-colonialism, befits itself as a "defender of human rights", the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan said, Trend reports.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan welcomes the speech of Ella Tokoragi, the member of the board of the Baku Initiative Group from French Polynesia, operating under the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), at the meeting of the UN General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee) on October 4, in which she strongly condemned the colonial policy of France.
"We highly appreciate Tokoragi's gratitude to the Non-Aligned Movement for standing in solidarity with her country and supporting its struggle to liberate French Polynesia from colonialism and supporting her calls to oppose colonialism, which is a crime against humanity, to hold the French government accountable for its injustice and damage to the people of French Polynesia, and to put an end to colonialism or neo-colonialism at the center of international relations," said the ministry.
The mentioned speech is in continuation of the event entitled "Towards the complete elimination of colonialism," held on July 6, 2023, in Baku within the framework of the ministerial meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement under the chairmanship of Azerbaijan, as well as discussions held within the framework of the conference "Decolonization: A Quiet Revolution," organized by the Baku Initiative Group at the UN Headquarters on September 22, 2023, in order to deepen cooperation with representatives of the overseas territories of France, which showed the importance of combating neo-colonialist policies.
France, as one of the countries that still continues neo-colonialism and does not attach any importance to human rights within the framework of its colonial policy, befits itself as a "defender of human rights and international law", which is a demonstration of hypocrisy. The unfounded claims and neo-colonialist ambitions that France continues to pursue are doomed to failure.
In addition, instead of taking responsibility for its colonial past, bloody colonial crimes, and acts of genocide, as well as learning lessons from history, France supports Armenian separatism in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and is trying to create geopolitical competition in the South Caucasus and apply its neo-colonialist heinous experience based on "orientalism" in the region, which is equally dangerous and unacceptable.
Azerbaijan, as a peace-loving country, has always supported the struggle for freedom from colonialism, and as chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, it expressed its principled position in the fight against new colonial and neocolonial practices as a global platform in the fight against colonialism.
"The irreconcilable attitude of Azerbaijan towards colonialism will definitely continue," the statement said.