A photograph shows an independence flag picturing the Kanak chief Atai, in La Foa in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on September 1, 2021, as part of a burial ceremony of Atai, leader of the Kanak revolt in 1878, and his Dao (sorcerer) Meche, killed in battle on September 1, 1878 during an insurrection led by the Kanak natives against French colonialization. - The skull of Ataï was returned 136 years later by the State in August 2014. (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP) AFP - THEO ROUBY
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will meet Wednesday with a group of New Caledonians in a bid to restart discussions on the institutional future of the Pacific archipelago.
The French Prime Minister is convening political delegations from New Caledonia on 6 September in Paris. It would be the first time since a referendum on the status of the archipelago in 2021 that New Caledonian pro-French loyalists sit together with pro-independence groups.
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