NEW CALEDONIA - SOCIETY - INAUGURATION OF THE STATUE OF THE HANDSHAFT BETWEEN LAFLEUR AND TJIBAOU

NEW CALEDONIA - SOCIETY - INAUGURATION OF THE STATUE OF THE HANDSHAFT BETWEEN LAFLEUR AND TJIBAOU


New Caledonia, Nouméa, Sunday June 26, 2022. Marie-Claude Tjibaou, widow of Jean Marie Tjibaou, takes part in the inauguration of the statue of the handshake on Place de la Paix. The separatist Jean Marie Tjibaou and the loyalist Jacques Lafleur had sealed the Matignon agreement with this gesture, on June 26, 1988 in Paris. Photograph by Théo Rouby / Hans Lucas. Nouvelle-Caledonie, Noumea, dimanche 26 juin 2022. Marie-Claude Tjibaou, veuve de jean Marie tjibaou, participe a l inauguration de la statue de la poignee de mains sur la place de la Paix. L independantiste Jean Marie Tjibaou et le loyalistes Jacques Lafleur avaient scelle l accord de Matignon par ce geste, le 26 juin 1988 a Paris. Photographie de Theo Rouby / Hans Lucas.