The tribute ceremony to Chadian President Idriss Déby, who died on Monday according to the presidency, began on Friday in N'Djamena, in the presence of many heads of state, including Frenchman Emmanuel Macron, noted an AFP journalist.
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Idriss Déby's coffin, mounted on the platform of a pick-up, draped with the national flag and surrounded by soldiers of the presidential guard, arrived at Place de la Nation.
Support from the G5 Sahel
France and the G5 Sahel countries, which together are fighting the jihadists in this region of Africa, expressed their "
common support for the civil-military transition process
" to the son of Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno killed by rebels, a the French presidency announced on Friday.
Before the start of the national funeral of Marshal Déby in N'Djamena, French President Emmanuel Macron and his Nigerian, Burkinabe, Malian and Mauritanian counterparts together visited General Mahamat Idriss Déby, who chairs a junta of 15 generals who succeeded the deceased and expressed to him "
their unity of views,
" a source told AFP at the Elysee Palace, adding: "
the G5 Sahel is mobilized alongside Chad and has expressed its common support for the civil transition process. military for the stability of the region
”.