New Caledonia: a “historic” agreement signed by pro-independence and non-pro-independence supporters

The State and political forces of New Caledonia have been meeting for ten days near Paris to try to chart an institutional future for the territory.

The State and political forces of New Caledonia, meeting for ten days near Paris to try to chart an institutional future for the territory, signed a "historic" agreement on Saturday morning, several summit participants announced.

"A historic agreement has been signed," the non-independence Loyalists and the Rally said in a statement. The details of this agreement, reached after a final night of negotiations in Bougival, Yvelines, where they had been meeting since July 2, are not yet known.