Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday accused France of being one of many nations which proceed their neocolonial coverage.
Speaking at a gathering of the Non-Aligned Movement within the capital Baku, Aliyev urged French President Emmanuel Macron to apologize to the nations affected by French colonialism.
“Apologies to the tens of millions of individuals whom his (Emmanuel Macron‘s) predecessors colonized, used as slaves, killed, tortured and humiliated.
“It will not only be recognition of France‘s historical guilt, but will also help it overcome the consequences of the deep political, social and humanitarian crisis in which it found itself after the brutal murder of an Algerian teenager,” he stated.
Aliyev additionally stated racist and discriminative rhetoric turns into widespread in France, together with within the media.
Nahel M., a 17-year-old of Algerian descent, was shot at point-blank vary by a police officer final week within the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
Protests have since swept France after the deadly taking pictures of {the teenager} throughout a visitors test.
The officer faces a proper investigation for voluntary murder and has been positioned in preliminary detention.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
