Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has accused France of being one of many nations that proceed their neocolonial coverage.
Speaking at a gathering of the Non-Aligned Movement within the capital Baku on Wednesday, Aliyev urged French President Emmanuel Macron to apologize to the nations affected by French colonialism.
“Apologies (are called for) to the millions of people 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 mentioned.
Aliyev additionally mentioned racist and discriminative rhetoric turns into frequent 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 capturing of {the teenager} throughout a site visitors examine.
The officer faces a proper investigation for voluntary murder and has been positioned in preliminary detention.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
