evidence: France and Madagascar have agreed on a mixed commission to determine the sovereignty of the Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean. The five islets have been a source of dispute between the two states since the 1970s. On Monday, a French and a Malagasy delegation met in the capital Antananarivo to discuss a way forward on this long-running dispute. [...] But in October during an Indian Ocean visit, President Emmanuel Macron travelled to Glorioso islands (part of the Scattered islands) and declared before cameras and media, "This is France!" – a declaration which sent a shock waves through Madagascar.