The Republic of Chad has made an announcement that it would shortly going to open a Consulate General in the Moroccan Saharan city of Dakhla.
Noting to the statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “The Republic of Chad on Wednesday has informed Moroccan authorities about its decision.”
The statement has clearly mentioned that, “The Chadian authorities added this decision translates the brotherly ties existing between King Mohammed VI & President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.”
The statement mentioned that the decision shows the quality of bilateral relations and confirms Chad’s support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, territorial integrity and national unity.
The overall number of consular representations set up in the Moroccan Sahara is constantly rising.
The recent consulate General, which was inaugurated in Dakhla on August 31, was that of Cape Verde that brought up the overall figure of consular representations in the Moroccan cities of Dakhla and Laayoune to 27.
About Chad-
Chad, officially called as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked nation at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It shares borders with Libya to the North, the Central African Republic to the south, Sudan to the east, Cameroon to the South-West, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the West. Chad has an overall population of around 16 million, out of which around 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city N’Djamena.Â
The Republic of Chad has several regions, a desert region in the North, an arid Sahelian belt in the centre & a more fertile Sudanian Savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the nation is named, is the second largest wetland in Africa. The official languages of Chad are Arabic & French. It is home to over two hundred different ethnic groups and linguistic groups.
