Qatar, FACT sign Doha peace deal in Chad

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Qatar, FACT sign Doha peace deal in Chad

The agreement was not signed by the main rebel group Front for Change and Concord FACT.

The parties of Chad sign the Doha Peace Agreement under the auspices of the State of Qatar. The ministry said on Twitter that this stems from the active regional and international role of Qatar in providing the basic ground for mediation and preventing the outbreak and exacerbation of conflicts.

In a statement released on Sunday, Qatar confirmed it had hosted negotiations over the past five months ahead of a national reconciliation dialogue that is expected to take place later this month.

The agreement paves the way for the start of the national, inclusive, and sovereign dialogue in Chad in the capital, N'Djamena, which aims to achieve comprehensive national reconciliation, said Qatar's foreign ministry.

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani opened the signing with a speech. Among the attendees were the negotiating delegation of the transitional government in Chad, representatives of opposition groups and the African Union as well as a number of international bodies, according to Qatar's foreign ministry. The interim military government took over after the death of former President Idriss Deby, who was killed on the battlefield in 2021 by the rebel group FACT. It is led by Derby's son who took power after the death of his father. The rebel group FACT rejected the Doha agreement on Sunday. The rejection follows the failure to take our demands into account, according to a statement posted on Twitter.