Nouméa worldwide airport will stay closed to business flights till May 25 | EUROtoday

“The return to calm continues throughout the territory” of New Caledonia, wrote Tuesday in a press launch the High Commissioner of the Republic, Louis Le Franc, confirming the “clear progress in restoring order” talked about by Emmanuel Macron.

To curb the violence which has shaken the archipelago since final Monday and which has left six useless, together with two gendarmes, reinforcements of the safety forces “will be supplemented by nearly 600 additional personnel in the coming hours”additional clarified the consultant of the State on this French territory within the South Pacific.

An indication of the difficulties encountered by regulation enforcement, significantly in Greater Nouméa, the authorities introduced Monday that the worldwide airport would stay closed till Thursday. “Its reopening will be re-evaluated on Thursday May 23, depending on how the situation evolves”specified Mr. Le Franc, whereas a number of nations, together with Australia and New Zealand, are growing requests to evacuate their nationals.

In the metropolitan space of ​​the capital, Nouméa, “road clearance operations continue”additionally wrote the High Commissioner, stressing that twenty-one giant shops have reopened there “and are gradually replenished”.