US EditionPeters to travel to New Caledonia
- Rt Hon Winston Peters, New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, will travel to New Caledonia from May 1 to May 2, 2025.
- This visit follows recent tensions and political unrest, including the May 2024 riots and ongoing negotiations led by French Minister Manuel Valls to form a new political agreement.
- Peters will meet key figures such as Manuel Valls, Alcide Ponga, and SPC's Director-General Stuart Minchin to reinforce New Zealand's regional partnership and support New Caledonia's path forward.
- Three self-determination referendums from 2018 to 2021 rejected full independence, but pro-independence groups demand a 'Kanaky Agreement' by September 24, 2025, amid fears of civil unrest.
- The visit underscores New Zealand's commitment to be a constructive partner for New Caledonia and France during a critical period marked by political uncertainty and potential conflict.
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New Caledonia: Manuel Valls resumed his pilgrim baton and begins a third session of talks
The French Foreign Minister is still looking for a way out of the crisis that shook the archipelago a year ago and caused the death of 14 people. This is Manuel Valls' third trip to New Caledonia in two months, and he hopes to pull an agreement.
Manuel Valls expected in New Caledonia, where the road to an agreement narrows
Between inflexible loyalists and independents accused of not playing the game, the Minister of the Overseas has little room for agreement on the institutional future of the archipelago. He will go there on Tuesday 29 April for a new round of negotiations.
New Caledonia: Before Manuel Valls arrives, the independents take a cautious step towards negotiations
The Overseas Minister returns to Nouméa on Tuesday, 29 April, determined to put on the table a draft political agreement on the future of the territory. On Saturday, the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front proceeded with the continuation, conditionally, of the dialogue with the State.
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