13/04/2023 (Agence Europe) – “The decision by Chad’s transitional authorities to expel the German ambassador is unfortunate”, the European External Action Service (EEAS) declared on the evening of Wednesday, 12 April, in a statement lamenting this “particularly hostile gesture in view of the long-standing engagement and partnership of the EU and its Member States in Chad, including in the context of the ongoing transition”. Last week, Jan Christian Gordon Kricke was asked to leave the country within 48 hours “for discourteous behaviour”—a request with which he complied. On Tuesday, the German authorities, “in response to the unjustified expulsion”, asked the Chadian ambassador, Mariam Ali Moussa, to leave Germany within 48 hours. The EEAS added, “The European Union reiterates the importance of quickly returning to constitutional order and [effecting] a transition of limited duration that guarantees respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms”. (AN)