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 ** {{flagdeco|Free Papua}} [[United Liberation Movement for West Papua]]
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+*  {{CHN}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rmc.bfmtv.com/actualites/politique/nouvelle-caledonie-pourquoi-l-azerbaidjan-la-russie-et-la-chine-sont-pointes-du-doigt_AV-202405170261.html | title=Nouvelle-Calédonie: Pourquoi l'Azerbaïdjan, la Russie et la Chine sont pointés du doigt }}</ref><ref name=":1" />
+*  {{RUS}} (as part of their [[active measures]] campaign<ref>https://cup.columbia.edu/book/russian-active-measures/9783838215297}</ref>; denied by Russia)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rmc.bfmtv.com/actualites/politique/nouvelle-caledonie-pourquoi-l-azerbaidjan-la-russie-et-la-chine-sont-pointes-du-doigt_AV-202405170261.html | title=Nouvelle-Calédonie: Pourquoi l'Azerbaïdjan, la Russie et la Chine sont pointés du doigt }}</ref><ref name=":1" />
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 On 16 May, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin accused [[Azerbaijan]] of interfering in the unrest by making a deal with independence advocates on [[France 2]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 May 2024 |title=Nouvelle-Calédonie : Gérald Darmanin accuse l'Azerbaidjan d'ingérence |trans-title=New Caledonia: Gérald Darmanin accuses Azerbaijan of interfering |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2024/05/16/en-direct-emeutes-en-nouvelle-caledonie-un-deuxieme-gendarme-est-mort-en-nouvelle-caledonie-apres-un-tir-accidentel-annonce-gerald-darmanin_6233400_823448.html?#id-1510992 |access-date=16 May 2024 |website=[[Le Monde]] |language=fr |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516095602/https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2024/05/16/en-direct-emeutes-en-nouvelle-caledonie-un-deuxieme-gendarme-est-mort-en-nouvelle-caledonie-apres-un-tir-accidentel-annonce-gerald-darmanin_6233400_823448.html#id-1510992 |url-status=live }}</ref> Azerbaijan denied Darmanin's accusations.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 May 2024 |title=Azerbaijan Rejects 'Baseless' French Claims Of Interference In New Caledonia |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/azerbaijan-rejects-baseless-french-claims-of-interference-in-new-caledonia-afb5b871?refsec=topics_afp-news |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=[[Barron's]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516102015/https://www.barrons.com/news/azerbaijan-rejects-baseless-french-claims-of-interference-in-new-caledonia-afb5b871?refsec=topics_afp-news |url-status=live }}</ref> However, in July 2023, Azerbaijan had invited separatists from the French overseas territories of [[Martinique]], [[French Guiana]], New Caledonia and [[French Polynesia]] for a conference in Baku, which saw the creation of a "Baku Initiative Group" whose stated aim is to support "French liberation and anti-colonial movements."<ref name="ABC Australia 17 May 2024"/> Relations between France and Azerbaijan have been sour since 2020, when France, which has a sizeable [[Armenian diaspora]], sided with Armenia in its conflict with Azerbaijan over [[Republic of Artsakh|Nagorno-Karabakh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=France blames Azerbaijan for New Caledonia violence: Unpacking their spat|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/17/france-blames-azerbaijan-for-new-caledonia-violence-unpacking-their-spat|access-date=2024-05-21|website=Al-Jazeera|date=2024-05-17|language=en-US|archive-date=21 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521194326/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/17/france-blames-azerbaijan-for-new-caledonia-violence-unpacking-their-spat|url-status=live}}</ref> Azerbaijan has made increasingly hostile statements to France since October 2023, when France sold military equipment to [[Armenia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=France accuses Azerbaijan of meddling in New Caledonia with social media campaign |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-accuses-azerbaijan-meddling-new-caledonia-with-social-media-campaign-2024-05-17/ |work=[[Reuters]] |date=17 May 2024 |access-date=21 May 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519023817/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-accuses-azerbaijan-meddling-new-caledonia-with-social-media-campaign-2024-05-17/ |archive-date=19 May 2024}}</ref>
-The same day, a report by French radio station [[Europe 1]] also accused [[Turkey]] of interfering in a "circumstantial alliance of secret services to designate a common enemy" or steered by Russia and China to "open peripheral fronts, such as in New Caledonia, or to weaken the French state."<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 May 2024 |title=Nouvelle-Calédonie : terrain de jeu des services secrets turcs et azerbaïdjanais |trans-title=New Caledonia: playground for Turkish and Azeri secret services |url=https://www.europe1.fr/societe/nouvelle-caledonie-terrain-de-jeu-des-services-secrets-turcs-et-azerbaidjanais-4247214 |access-date=16 May 2024 |website=[[Europe 1]] |language=fr |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519132631/https://www.europe1.fr/societe/nouvelle-caledonie-terrain-de-jeu-des-services-secrets-turcs-et-azerbaidjanais-4247214 |url-status=live }}</ref> An unnamed Turkish source was reportedly "amused by the unsubstantiated allegations" but did not expect Turkey to "formally repudiate" the claims.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 May 2024 |title=
+The same day, a report by French radio station [[Europe 1]] also accused [[Turkey]] of interfering in a "circumstantial alliance of secret services to designate a common enemy" or steered by Russia and China to "open peripheral fronts, such as in New Caledonia, or to weaken the French state."<ref