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France promises "new budgetary aid" to Chad

2021-07-06T18:42:22.335Z


French President Emmanuel Macron "reiterated his support for the transition" in Chad and promised "soon, new aid ...


French President Emmanuel Macron

"reiterated his support for the transition"

in Chad and promised

"in the near future, new budgetary aid"

, indicated the Elysee on Monday evening, after a meeting with the head of the military junta and self-proclaimed president Chadian, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, in Paris.

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At the invitation of Emmanuel Macron, as part of the preparation for the next G5 Sahel summit, General Mahamat Idriss Déby,

"made a first official working visit to France" on

Sunday and Monday, recall the two leaders in a

“Joint press release”.

The French president "reiterated his support for the transition and announced the implementation, at an early date, of new budgetary aid". The two leaders

"called for a rapid treatment of the Chadian debt, within the common framework of the debt". “They examined the progress of the political transition in Chad”

and

“underlined the need to do everything possible to achieve the objectives of an inclusive, peaceful and successful transition”.

France

“recalled its attachment to the territorial integrity of Chad and its presence alongside the Chadian people in this sensitive period”

. On the security front, Emmanuel Macron

"specified the objectives of the transformation of the French military system in the Sahel".

Mahamat Idriss Déby, 37, has been at the head of a Transitional Military Council (CMT) since the announcement, on April 20, of the death of his father, Idriss Déby Itno, who ruled the country with a iron for 30 years and was killed at the front against rebels. As of April 20, the CMT dissolved the Parliament and the government and repealed the Constitution. He promised

"free and fair" elections

after an 18-month transition period, renewable once.

The international community, the African Union (AU) and France in the lead, demanded that this period not exceed 18 months. At the end of June, Mahamat Déby hinted that he was not ruling out an extension. The Chadian army is one of the main pillars of the fight against jihadist groups in the Sahel. During Idriss Déby's funeral, Emmanuel Macron was the only Western head of state to have gone to N'Djamena to pay tribute to the deceased and to meet his son and successor. Emmanuel Macron recently announced an upcoming progressive military disengagement of France in the Sahel. The French anti-jihadist force Barkhane (5,100 men currently) will disappear in favor of a tightened device, focused on the fight against terrorism and support in the fight of local armies.A summit of the G5 Sahel (Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad), by videoconference, should take place on Friday with Emmanuel Macron.

Source: lefigaro

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