The Contact Group in charge of the Implementation of the Dakar Agreement between Chad and Sudan held its Sixth Ministerial meeting in Ndjamena, Chad, on November 15th, 2008, with the participation of the Foreign Ministers of Libya and Congo, as Co-Chairmen, and Eritrea, Gabon, Chad, Senegal and Sudan.
The OIC General Secretariat, as a full member of the Contact Group, was represented by Ambabassador Habib Kaabachi, Director in the Political Affairs Department, who delivered a message from H.E. the Secretary General of the OIC to the meeting, in which, while welcoming the resumption of diplomatic relations between Chad and Sudan, he exhorted the Group to capitalize on the valued dividend resulting from the reestablishment of diplomatic relationships between the two capitals and accelerate the process of normalization of the relations between them.
The Contact Group decided to hold its Seventh Ministerial meeting in Khartoum. This meeting will proceed to the real setting up of the Peace and Security Force in charge of monitoring the borders between Chad and Sudan. The Group also approved the appointment of a General Coordinator of the Peace and Security Force.
In its final communiqué, the Contact Group took good note of the message addressed to it by H.E. the Secretary General to the Ministerial meeting of the Contact Group exhorting the Group to capitalize on the valued dividend resulting from the reestablishment of diplomatic relationships between Chad and Sudan and his appeal to both countries to accelerate the process of normalisation of their relations and to continue solving their conflicts through dialogue and peace.