Oyogist.com has learned that President of France Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France will not allow anyone to threaten the stability of Chad.
Macron spoke attending the burial of late President Idriss Deby Itno who was killed on the battle front by Chadian rebels on Monday.
“France will not allow anyone to question or threaten the stability and integrity of Chad,”
Macron said at the lying-in-state for Deby, now posthumously a Field Marshall.
“France will also be there to keep alive without delay the promise of a peaceful Chad for all of its children”.“The transition will have this role to play: stability, inclusion, dialogue, democratic transition, and we are and will be at your side,” said Macron at the funeral at Place de la Nation.
“After three decades and so many brave battles, the battles you have waged are still aimed at the defence of the homeland, the preservation of stability and peace, the struggle for freedom and security. You lived as a soldier, you died as a soldier, arms in hand, ”he said in memory of the late president.“;
Despite the horrors encountered on his way, the war will have been for Idriss Deby Itno, “the ultimate duty to defend his homeland”, Macron said.
