DECRYPTION – Dakar and N’Djamena announced their intention to request the departure of these troops, inflicting a snub on Paris. France has taken “note” of the termination of the military cooperation agreement with Chad.
The announcement took everyone by surprise. Thursday, in the middle of the night, the Chadian authorities announced in a press release published on Facebook the « decision to terminate defense cooperation agreement » signed with Paris in 1966. A break all the more unexpected as it came just a few hours after a visit by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, to his counterpart Abderaman Koulamallah, which seemed to have taken place without incident .
The reasons that pushed N’Djamena to act so abruptly remain mysterious. Officially, this is a carefully considered reflection, a « historical turning point »a sign that he « It is time for Chad to demonstrate its full sovereignty ». « This seems more like a government bloodbath than anything else. »underlines an observer.
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