Ilham Aliyev: Scale and geography of massacres committed by French troops are so extensive that recounting them is challenge in itself

The scale and geography of massacres committed by the French troops are so extensive that recounting them is a challenge in itself, reads an appeal by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to the participants of the International Conference themed “Neocolonialism: Human Rights Violations and Injustice” in Baku, Report informs referring to Azertac.

"During the 132-year-long occupation of Algeria, more than 1.5 million people lost their lives at the hands of the French state, leading to the country's recognition as the 'nation of 1.5 million martyrs.' The scale and geography of massacres committed by the French troops are so extensive that recounting them is a challenge in itself. Nations such as Morocco, Tunisia, Mali, Djibouti, Nigeria, Chad, Senegal, Vietnam, Comoros Islands, Haiti, and others continue to grapple with the dire repercussions of that occupation.

A report titled “France, Rwanda and the Tutsi Genocide (1990-1994)” submitted to the French President on 26 March 2021 by the “Commission on the French Archives relating to Rwanda and the Genocide of the Tutsi” concluded that France bore substantial responsibility for the massacre of over 800 thousand of Tutsi tribe members."