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, Noumea, Sunday June 26, 2022. The president of the Djubea-Kapone kanak area gives a speech on the occasion of a customary ceremony, at the opening of the inauguration of the statue of the handshake on the 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 Theo Rouby / Hans Lucas. Nouvelle-Caledonie, Noumea, dimanche 26 juin 2022. Le president de l aire Djubea-Kapone donne un discours a l occasion d une ceremonie coutumiere, en ouverture de 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.