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. Caledonians attend 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 LucasNouvelle-Caledonie, Noumea, dimanche 26 juin 2022. Des Caledoniens assistent a l inauguration de la statue de la poignee de mains sur la place de la Paix. L independantiste Jean-Marie Tjibaou et le loyaliste Jacques Lafleur avaient scelle l accord de Matignon par ce geste, le 26 juin 1988 a Paris. Photographie de Theo Rouby / Hans Lucas