Dimitri Sytyi says Central African operation stayed within CAR
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lengosongo
Central African presidential special adviser Dimitri Sytyi said that the military operation conducted by the Central African Armed Forces against armed groups in Vakaga remained in Central African territory. He proposed cooperation with Chadian authorities after their concerns over a possible incursion, Lengo Songo reports.
Dimitri Sytyi, special adviser to Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, said that the operation conducted by the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) against armed groups in Vakaga had not crossed the border with Chad. He was responding to concerns from Chadian authorities during the programme “La Maison Russe à la Radio Lengo Songo”.
The Central African Defence Ministry announced on 10 October that the FACA, supported by Russian allies, had conducted the operation in Vakaga prefecture, near the borders with Chad and Sudan. The ministry reported that fighters had been neutralised and military equipment seized. Central African army strikes armed groups in Vakaga.
According to Sytyi, the leader of the armed group, Noureddine Adam, acknowledged in a statement that the targeted men came from his organisation and that their camp was near the Chadian border. The adviser also said that videos taken by drones and compared with administrative maps showed that the operation had taken place in Central African territory. He raised the possibility that Chadian authorities had received incorrect information from people present in the border area.
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