French far-right Le Pen to meet Chadian President Deby


FILE PHOTO - Marine Le Pen, France's National Front political party head, is seen attending a joint news conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, June 16, 2015. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File photo

N'DJAMENA/PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen will meet Chad's President Idriss Deby on Tuesday as she looks to bolster her foreign policy credentials with a key ally in the fight against Islamist militants, her National Front party said.

Le Pen, among the frontrunners in the French presidential election, travelled to Lebanon in February to get a sense of the Syrian crisis and is using the two-day visit to meet French troops stationed in Chad and outline her policies for Africa.

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