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Jon Gambrell

United Arab Emirates, Dubai (AP) — Chad's junta head talks over months between Chad's army and rebels Finally, on Saturday, I met with the ruling party chief of Qatar. A faction hosted by Arab countries.

General Mahamatoidris Debbie of Chad spoke with Qatar's chief Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Altani. Video from the Qatari court, or Diwan, showed Qatar's Foreign Minister and Sheikh Tamim while Chad's delegation accompanied Debbie.

A later statement about the state-owned Qatar News Agency stated that Sheikh Tamim supported "comprehensive national reconciliation in Chad," with ongoing negotiations between the military and rebels. He said it represents the first step towards that.

Sheikh Tamim also reportedly wished Debbie's good luck at the next national dialogue planned on August 20 in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad.

Negotiations between rebels and the military began in March in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Debbie's visit comes when diplomats want the military government and rebel groups to sign an agreement in Doha prior to the August 20 meeting.

However, it remains unclear whether the country's major rebel group, the Chadchange Fraternity Front, will sign the agreement. The gloomy group, known by the French acronym FACT, is due to the 2021 murder of Chad's longtime president Idris de Viitono, who has ruled the country since 1990.

Mahamat Idris Devi is a 38-year-old son of the murdered president who leads Chad's Interim Military Council.

Other rebel groups involved in the Qatar parley include Chad's movement for democracy and justice, and the military coalition for democracy and development. Was included. They called for declaring that they would not run for the upcoming elections in Debbie, but the military junta argued that it could only be decided at the National Dialogue Conference.

The planned 18-month transition period in Chad is expected to end in the coming months, putting new pressure on both sides to reach an agreement. Chad was already dissatisfied with Debbie's father's 30-year rule. The result was years of rebellion in the former French colonies bordering Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Libya, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan.

In July, Qatar's satellite news network Al Jazeera reported that more than 20 rebel groups had withdrawn from the Doha talks. They accused the junta of "harassment, intimidation, intimidation, and disinformation" during negotiations.

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