After the incident that took place on Sunday morning at the common border, the Chadians did not pick up speed and continued to accuse their neighbor of aggression, of war crimes, which the Central Africans deny. The Bangui authorities are trying to calm things down and have decided to favor the diplomatic channel to resolve this crisis with a delegation expected in Ndjamena.
It is decided on the Central African side, no more explanation and other controversies on the subject. The government “does not want to bring fuel to the fire”, justifies one of its members, as it tries to find a political solution with its powerful neighbor. “Three Central African ministers,” National Defense, Public Security and Foreign Affairs, “are on their way to Ndjamena, where they hope to be received at the highest level tomorrow,” according to our source. Their goal is to try to remove this serious political-diplomatic crisis with Chad.
But things are not so simple. The three ministers remained “stuck in Douala, Cameroon” while waiting for the green light from the Chadian government, a diplomatic source in the region reveals. As a reminder, the head of Chadian diplomacy, Chérif Mahamat Zene, on Monday rejected all ideas of receiving a Central African envoy as long as “this country has not acknowledged its aggression against Chad”. Finally, this Tuesday afternoon, he informed the RFI that the Central African ministerial delegation will be received by Ndjamena tonight.
Forget, therefore, the precondition for acknowledging the aggression, and the head of Chadian diplomacy now presents “dialogue and negotiations”. “What happened on Sunday is extremely serious, (…), but I believe that the arrival of this delegation will enable us to find a lasting solution”, he wished, adding that “the war, the violence is not in the interest by someone “.
Behind the scenes, several countries in the region are trying to play the good offices. The Heads of State of Chad and the Central African Republic have already spoken by telephone, we are rejoicing in Bangui, where we therefore hope that anger will fall on Ndjamena’s side. The words of several leading officials in this country are strong, they feel “humiliated by the aggression of the Central African Republic” on Sunday. “Because they have Russians firing for them, the Central Africans believe they are invincible,” said one of them. “They will pay dearly for it,” he added.
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