“Everything is being done to restore order and calm that Caledonians deserve,” French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said after a meeting at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris.
Violence rages in New Caledonia; France rushes emergency reinforcements to its Pacific territory
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After a two-hour security meeting Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron and top ministers, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal told parliament in Paris that the state of emergency would aim “to restore order in the shortest time possible.”
France imposing emergency in Pacific territory of New Caledonia as violent unrest turns deadly
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