BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 31. The people of French Polynesia have once again felt the support of Azerbaijan, a member of the delegation of French Polynesia visiting Azerbaijan, chairman of the Commission for Budget and Finance Control of the Assembly of French Polynesia Maurea Tuaiahutapu said at a press conference in the Azerbaijani Parliament, Trend reports.
“I express my gratitude to the government, parliament of Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijani people for creating these conditions for French Polynesia, my people. There are expectations from the conference in Baku on “French Polynesia's right to decolonization - challenges and prospects," and we believe that through this conference, the voice of the people affected by French colonization will be brought to the world community. We once again felt the support of the Azerbaijani government at this conference,” he said.
Heads and secretaries of commissions of the Parliament of French Polynesia (Mā'OHI Nui), as well as the leadership of the ruling Tavini Party, have arrived in Azerbaijan on a visit.
The purpose of the four-day visit is to consider the possibility of establishing inter-parliamentary, economic, and humanitarian cooperation between Azerbaijan and French Polynesia, as well as cooperation in science, education, sports, health, and other spheres.
The visit of the delegation of French Polynesia took place at the invitation of the Baku Initiative Group, acting in the field of combating colonialism and its new manifestations in the XXI century.
The visit was organized following the provisions of the Cooperation Agreement signed between the Baku Initiative Group and the Tavini Party within the framework of the international conference “Liberation from Colonialism: Consequences of Assimilation and its Impact on the Realization of Human Rights” organized by the Baku Initiative Group on April 30 at the UN Office in Vienna.
To note, the Tavini party has been fighting for the independence of French Polynesia for many years.
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