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PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to New Caledonia, the French Pacific territory that has been gripped by days of deadly unrest and where indigenous people have long sought independence. “He will go there tonight,” government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot said after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday where the president said he’d decided to make the more than 33,000-kilometer round trip himself to the archipelago east of Australia.
Macron will meet with political, business, civic and youth leaders and aim to “renew the thread of dialogue” in search of “a comprehensive political agreement,” Prime Minister Gabriel Attal told parliament, where lawmakers stood for a moment of silence for the six people killed in the violence. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said he’ll join Macron, along with the ministers for defense and for France’s overseas territories.
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