France, Oct. 30 -- The stopover will take place as part of a joint military exercise involving the armed forces of Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon and France in November.

Xavier Rival, a spokesman for the French chief of defence staff, said Thursday that two French Mirage 2000 fighter jets and a French CASA transport aircraft would make a technical stopover in Chad.

"It will be a short visit that will also provide an opportunity to conduct training activities," he said.

Relations between France and Chad began to deteriorate in mid-2024.

They reached breaking point when Chad's leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno formally terminated his country's military cooperation agreement with France in November 2024.

The move led to the complete withdrawal of F...