Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina has been surprised by announcing his intention to go to the Eparses Islands, this uninhabited chain of land located in the Mozambique canal, and which Madagascar has been playing France for almost five decades. “This is a subject that is particularly close to my heart. Reason for which I intend to find a way to go there (…) As President of the Republic of Madagascar ”He announced during the interview with national television on Sunday, May 4. A way to raise the pressure on this thorny file between the two countries?
During his official visit to the Grande Ile at the end of April, Emmanuel Macron once again closed the door to any perspective of restitution. The archipelago, remained French in the aftermath of the independence of Madagascar in 1960, guarantees France a strategic position on one of the major roads of international trade between southern Africa, Middle East and Asia.
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