Chad: the subjects raised during the Macron-Déby meeting in Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron with Mahamat Idriss Deby, son of Idriss Déby Itno.
N'Djaména, April 23, 2021 © AFP - CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
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It was Mahamat Idriss Déby's first visit to the Élysée.
Monday morning July 5, the president of the transitional military council of Chad and the French president met.
A joint statement was released Monday evening.
Several hot topics of the moment were discussed between Mahamat Idriss Déby and Emmanuel Macron.
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On the progress of the political transition in Chad, the presidents underline the need to do everything possible to achieve the objectives of an “
inclusive, peaceful and successful
”
transition
within the framework desired by the African Union. To achieve this objective, France is announcing new budgetary aid. Mahamat Idriss Déby had said that without the support of the international community the maximum period of 18 months for the transition could not be respected.
Second: the security context in the Sahel region.
France
"specified the objectives of the transformation of the French military system in the Sahel,
" the statement noted, without giving further details.
Emmanuel Macron welcomes the maintenance by Chad of "its international commitments in particular within the framework of the G5 Sahel".
The two presidents underline the need to endow the joint force of the G5 Sahel with sustainable funding and the passage of this force under chapter 7 of the United Nations.
The Covid-19 pandemic, the Sourou attack on the Central African border - condemned by President Macron - and the supervision of the departure of mercenaries from Libya were also discussed.
"We are very satisfied because we feared that our French partners would be braced on this subject"
The satisfaction of the Chadian government
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