Qatar, mediator in the inter-Chadian peace talks, called on Sunday May 1 to postpone the national reconciliation dialogue scheduled for May 10 to give negotiators more time to reach an agreement in Doha.
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Negotiations in Doha between the ruling junta in Chad and the rebels were launched on March 13.
They are called upon to prepare an “
Inclusive National Dialogue
” scheduled for May 10 with the political and armed oppositions and supposed to lead to a new Constitution and “
free and democratic
” elections.
The talks in Doha "
are on the right track and are making significant progress
", Qatar's foreign ministry said in a statement.
In this context, "
we call on the Transitional Military Council (TMC) in Chad to postpone the Inclusive National Dialogue scheduled for N'Djamena on May 10
", in order "
to give time to the participants in the Doha negotiations to reach an agreement of peace as a prelude to holding the dialogue
" in the Chadian capital, the ministry said.
On Thursday, rebel groups accused the military of “
deliberately dragging out negotiations
” in Doha.
But the junta rejected this "
unfair
" accusation.
On the death in 2021 of his father, Marshal Idriss Déby, killed at the front after 30 years in power, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno was appointed head of the CMT composed of 15 generals.
He dissolved Parliament and government and abrogated the Constitution, but promised "
free and democratic elections
" within 18 months, renewable once, after an "
inclusive national dialogue
", several times postponed.