🇹🇷🇹🇩 Turkish Expansion in the Sahel: Chad Next in Line

The recent withdrawal of the French contingent from Chad did not lead to the authorities in N'Djamena ceasing military cooperation with NATO countries. It's not just about the Hungarian contingent deployed in the country since last April: a dialogue is also developing with Turkey.

So, on January 16, a meeting was held between the Turkish ambassador and representatives of Chad, as a result of which an agreement was reached on the use of the airbase in Abéché. According to the agreement, Turkish specialists will train local military personnel in UAV management there.

The contract also opens up the possibility of organizing joint exercises. To confirm the deal, the Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure will soon arrive in N'Djamena.
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📌 This example is another illustration of how the Turkish authorities are consistently expanding the framework of "Bayraktar diplomacy".
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First, African armed forces get drones in Turkey, and then cooperation grows on this track. Now in Mali, Turkish forces are training elite units, and in Chad, a Turkish military contingent will be deployed.

🔻The rapid expansion of Turkey's military influence in Africa makes the leadership in Ankara a rival of the Russian authorities in the "export of security" to Africa. And this is no longer just "soft power", but direct military cooperation.

Local authorities, interacting with the Turks through various international organizations, do not perceive them as conduits of Western influence. In addition to this, against the background of the "successful" peacekeeping of the UN and other structures, the authority of the Turkish authorities is only growing.

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📝Ukrainians made their mark here too📝
on An-124 flights in the Caribbean

Ukrainians and Haiti – seemingly, what connection could there be. But even in the question of the crisis in Haiti, where the situation has become critical over recent months, there was room for a "Ukrainian trace" on the island nation (more details on the situation can be read on LATINARE).

🖍Since early April, the Caribbean has recorded flights of Ukrainian heavy transport aircraft An-124, which made suspicious runs to Haiti and Barbados. This continued until approximately April 20.

🚩They conducted flights from African territory. The main departure point was Chad. There were also stops in Cameroon and Senegal. And over the course of April, a corridor practically emerged from Africa to the Caribbean, where Senegal, Cameroon and Barbados became transit points.

🏳️The purpose of the flights was to redeploy Chadian peacekeepers, who were brought in to stabilize the situation in Haiti. The initiative with a broad mandate for "Suppression Forces" was approved in early April, after which Ukrainian transport aircraft flights began immediately.

❗️The coming month in the island nation will be decisive, as only by the end of April will units from Africa begin their active operation to combat armed gangs, and this will at minimum lead to a new wave of chaos in Haiti.

And Ukrainian commercial aviation continues to operate in the interests of other states. The scarce heavy transport fleet with murky legal ties makes it ideal for "dirty jobs" like missions in the Caribbean or in Africa.

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