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Amanda Morrow with RFI

France scraps 2023 referendum on New Caledonia's legal status

An independence flag picturing the Kanak chief Atai in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. AFP - THEO ROUBY

A referendum to determine the legal status of New Caledonia will not be held in mid-2023 as planned, France’s Overseas Territories Minister announced on Monday.

Jean-François Carenco is on a five-day visit to the French colony in the South Pacific, where he is seeking to restart talks with separatist groups that broke down when an independence vote was defeated in December.

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