Security cooperation at the heart of Mahamat Idriss Déby's visit to Sudan
Chad occupies, geographically, a strategic central place in a troubled and shifting region.
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The president of the Chadian Transitional Military Council, General Mahamat Idriss Déby, concludes a two-day visit to Sudan on Monday, August 30.
On the menu of discussions are economic cooperation and especially military and security cooperation.
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With our correspondent in Khartoum,
Eliott Brachet
Mahamat Idriss Déby arrived in Khartoum with a high-level delegation to discuss mainly security issues, and in particular border control with the northern neighbor, Libya.
Chad and Sudan, which share a 1,300-kilometer border, are both going through a period of fragile transition in which the military still holds power.
Only a few days after
the visit of Moussa al-Kone, vice-president of the Libyan Presidential Council
, Ndjamena and Khartoum wish to reactivate an agreement ratified in June 2018 between Sudan, Libya, Chad and Niger.
This agreement provided for the deployment of joint troops at their borders to combat trafficking, migration and incursions by armed groups.
And it is this last point that worries General Mahamat Idriss Déby in Chad.
The hordes of recruited, trained and armed mercenaries in Libya, funded by foreign powers, pose a serious threat to regional stability, the Chadian presidency said.
In Khartoum, Idriss Déby's heir also visited Mohamed Hamdan Dogolo, alias “Hemeti”, a relative of his father.
Hemeti is the commander of the rapid support forces of a paramilitary unit resulting from the Janjaweed militias which are responsible for numerous crimes in Darfur, on the Chadian border.
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