Chad to get observer status at the Arab league

The secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa said on Thursday that Chad will be shortly an observer member in the Arab League. This decision came following Moussa's meeting on Thursday with Chad's foreign minister Najoum Yamasoum.

Moussa said in a joint press conference with Yamasoum "it was agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding between the Arab League and Chad as soon as possible in preparation that Chad will occupy the post of an observer at the Arab league."

One official at the AL asked to be anonymous said that "Chad does not seek to get a full membership in the Arab League, rather to get only the status of an observer like many other countries." He added that other non Arab states including Turkey and Ethiopia asked to get the status of an observer in the Arab League.