Chad: Ndjamena will not disengage from regional military authorities

A Chadian soldier patrols in Diffa (photo of illustration). ISSOUF SANOGO / AF

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According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country is still a full member of the multinational multinational force to fight against Boko Haram, the G5 Sahel and Minusma in Mali. This diplomatic development comes as President Déby announced Thursday on national television the withdrawal of his men from anti-jihadist operations.

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The withdrawal of the soldiers will only concern the individual military engagement of the Chadians and only the area of ​​the Lake Chad basin. No withdrawal therefore, neither from the multinational mixed force, nor from the G5 Sahel, nor from the Minusma, indicates a press release from the Chadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A diplomatic update which takes place Sunday, four days after the televised statement by Idriss Déby, where the president assured that no soldier would participate any more in a military operation outside of Chad.

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Were these four days necessary to agree or negotiate behind the scenes with international partners? With France and / or neighboring countries? " Chad cannot be the only gendarme in the region, " says Jean-Bernard Padaré, spokesman for the presidential party, the MPS.

But in Niamey, we assure that Chad has never been alone. The Chadian operation launched on March 31 in the islands of Lake Chad on the border with Nigeria and Niger, “ took place in collaboration with the Nigerien army which provided, on the Niger side, logistics, fuel, l 'food ', provides a Nigerien security source.

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