BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 10. On February 3,
2025, the FLNKS (Front de libération nationale kanak socialiste),
the leading coalition of supporters of Kanak independence (New
Caledonia), presented to the public a document entitled “The Kanak
Agreement,” demanding complete independence for the Kanaks from
France, Trend reports
via the Baku Initiative Group (BIG).


The document states that the “Kanak Agreement,” prepared on the
initiative of France and aimed at preserving the political future
of the Kanaks within the framework of the long-standing colonial
status quo, is a political response to criticism of France's
restriction of the Kanaks' right to self-determination and
expresses an open and principled position against the preservation
of the colonial model of governance and institutional dependence
that has existed in the Kanaks for many years.


The Kanak Agreement was adopted on April 26, 2025, at a
congress organized by the FLNKS in Kanaka. During this congress,
the leader of the movement, Christian Téin, who is imprisoned in
France, drew the attention of participants to the fact that the
definition of independence should be based only on a specific date
and a clear political plan.


The agreement provides for the formation of the future state of
Kanaka as a secular, democratic, and sovereign republic. The
document includes a procedure for the preparation of a
constitutional act and its approval by referendum, and also
provides for the preservation of existing institutions as a
temporary governance mechanism during the transition period.
The FLNKS believes that until France accepts an
irreversible process leading to Kanak independence by 2027,
dialogues and political mechanisms carried out through existing
institutions cannot serve as a real solution. This document, which
is a political response to the Bougival Agreement prepared at
France's initiative, emphasizes the need to change the colonial
status quo that has persisted in Kanaka for many
years.


Note: The Bougival Agreement served to continue French
colonial rule in Kanaka on the terms of “renewed status,” “broad
autonomy,” and similar concepts. The Kanaka Agreement explicitly
states that its main goal is to abolish the existing status quo and
achieve full political sovereignty for the Kanaka people. While the
Bougival Agreement made independence an indefinite and long-term
political process with no prospects, the Kanaka Agreement requires
a specific date, an irreversible action plan, and guarantees at the
international level, especially within the UN. For the first time,
the document explicitly states that relations between France and
Kanaka can be established as between two equal sovereign states
after independence. Concepts such as autonomy and joint sovereignty
are firmly rejected as forms of neocolonialism.



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