Chad

Mr. Jim Cunningham
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on the political situation in Chad.

Mr. McCartney
The political situation in Chad continues to be unstable. There have been reports of rebel attacks on Chadian government forces and of spill-over violence from Darfur into Eastern Chad.

We are urging both the Chadian and Sudanese governments to implement and abide by the terms of the Tripoli Agreement and respect each other’s borders. We continue to raise our concerns over the situation in Chad through the EU and the UN.

UK officials also continue in their contacts with the Chadian government to make the case for engagement with the opposition.