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00:00Is Azerbaijan trying to take advantage of the political unrest in New Caledonia?
00:05That's what France's interior minister alleges.
00:08Asked about the presence of Azerbaijani flags at independence demonstrations in the territory,
00:13Gérald Damanin accuses Baku of attempted interference.
00:17Regarding Azerbaijan, this is not a fantasy, it is a reality.
00:22It is a dictatorship that massacres a number of Armenians,
00:26and I regret that some of the Caledonian independence leaders
00:29made a deal with Azerbaijan that is indisputable,
00:32and it gives an idea of what democracy would look like if we listened to certain leaders.
00:39Azerbaijan's foreign ministry reacting immediately,
00:42calling the accusations baseless and adding...
00:45Instead of accusing Azerbaijan of allegedly supporting pro-independence protests in New
00:50Caledonia, the minister of the interior of France should focus on his country's failed policy
00:56towards the overseas territories that led to such protests.
01:00Relations between France and Azerbaijan have disintegrated in recent years.
01:04Azerbaijan resents France's political and military support for its arch-rival Armenia,
01:10a situation intensified by Baku's seizure of the ethnic Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023.
01:18Azerbaijan also invited separatists from New Caledonia and other French territories to Baku
01:23for a conference last year.
01:25And Azerbaijan isn't the only nation France believes is trying to destabilize French
01:30territories. Russia and China are also accused of spreading anti-French propaganda.