BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 3. The Baku Initiative Group and the Maore Committee of the French-colonized Mayotte Island inked a cooperation agreement, Trend reports.
The document was signed by the Executive Director of the Baku Initiative Group Abbas Abbasov and a member of the Committee for the Struggle for the Independence of Mayotte Island Ahmed Thabet.
To note, an international conference on the French occupation of the island of Mayotte was held in Baku under the organization of the Baku Initiative Group.
The conference entitled “Illegal French Occupation of Mayotte Island of Comoros Union” was attended by social and political figures of Mayotte Island, representatives of scientific circles, human rights activists, heads of non-governmental organizations, members of political parties struggling against the occupation of Mayotte Island by France and striving for the return of Mayotte Island to the Union of Comoros, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Azerbaijan.
The conference discussed the history of the French colonization of the Comoros, the occupation of Mayotte Island by France and the resulting damage to the Comorians, the geopolitical and economic interests of France's colonial policy in the region, as well as the position of international organizations regarding the Mayotte Island of the Union of the Comoros.