The Chadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chérif Mamamat Zene, is in Doha in Qatar at the head of a delegation which includes in particular the organizing committee of the pre-dialogue in charge of putting the hand on the final adjustments of these negotiations. Time is running out, because they must reach an agreement well before February 15, in order to be present at the inclusive dialogue which must begin on that date in the Chadian capital.
This delegation is discussing with the Qatari authorities the whole architecture of this pre-dialogue between the government and the Chadian politico-military movements. Number of participants, transport, accommodation, work rooms or security issues: “ everything must be scrutinized with Doha, which has agreed to take charge of this whole process “, According to a Chadian government source.
“ We are trapped by time »Is alarmed this source, which recalls that Doha and Ndjamena had initially agreed that these negotiations begin on January 6 last, a date which was not tenuous.
New appointment planned? Around the 20th of this month in order to complete everything for the end of January, still according to our source, who recalls that ” this pre-dialogue conditions the keeping of the inclusive national dialogue »Scheduled for February 15 in Ndjamena.
In the meantime, the Special Technical Committee headed by former President Goukouni Weddeye has sent a correspondence to each of the 26 movements which should participate in this round of negotiations, in which it asks them to give it urgently ” the list of names of their representatives, a copy of their travel documents, as well as the certificates of vaccination against Covid-19 required by Qatar “.
Several movement leaders complained a few days ago of being in the dark. Goukouni Weddeye assures them in this letter, of which RFI obtained a copy, that ” the terms of reference, the timetable and the agenda »Works will reach them shortly with the official invitations.