Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help support the transition to democracy in Chad.

The UK seeks to promote Chad's transition back to civilian and constitutional rule in line with the African Union Peace and Security Council communiqué of 14 May 2021. The UK is a member of the African Union's International Support Group for the Transition, alongside other partners. The UK has contributed to the United Nations Development Programme fund for the transition, in order to support the inclusion of women and youth in the National Dialogue, which opened on 20 August 2022. It is essential that the National Dialogue is as representative and inclusive as possible and that it leads to the development of a new constitution and free and fair elections according to the terms agreed by the African Union. I, [Minister Ford] have written to the Chadian Minister for Foreign Affairs congratulating him on the recent Doha Agreement on the participation of politico-military movements in the National Dialogue and setting out the UK position on the transition.