The government of Chad has announced to Israel its intention to establish an official delegation in Jerusalem within a year.
The chairman of Chad's cabinet is visiting Israel today along with a military delegation. They will be holding meetings in the framework of re-establishing diplomatic relations between Chad Israel.
Chad is a north-central African nation with a population of fifteen million. The indigenous Sara people are the nation's largest ethnic group. The Sara mostly practice an animist religion although some have converted to Christianity or Islam.