Though, David Cameron has been pressed to say why the government unfroze aid to Rwanda, during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons.
Cameron replied that Rwanda has been, and continues to be, a success story of a country that has moved from genocide and disaster to become a role model for development and lifting people out of poverty in Africa.
Cameron told BBC “And I’m proud of the fact that the last government and this government have continued to invest in that success”.
“……. but I continue to believe that investing in Rwanda’s success as one of those countries in Africa that’s showing you can break the cycle of poverty, you can improve conditions for people, is something that we are right to do.” Cameron said.
Earlier this month, the Rwandan High Commissioner to the UK, Ernest Rwamucyo has said, the basis for suspending aid to Rwanda is not justified particularly because the aid goes to development and has nothing to do with the allegations of fuelling conflict in Congo.
Rwamucyo also said that Rwanda put a very comprehensive response to the accusations leveled by the UN report.
“Our response was very clear where the facts were wrong, and also the fact that the report was submitted without allowing Rwanda to respond to the allegations”.
The High Commissioner also talked about Rwanda Peace Keeping and Support Operations in other parts of the world.
Rwandan peace keepers are deployed in Darfur, South Sudan, Haiti, Chad, and Liberia and were involved in stabilizing the Comoro’s.
“This is a conscience and deliberate decision Rwanda took because of our immediate history of the genocide and suffering, that we feel others shouldn’t endure if conflict can be mitigated,” the envoy continued to explain.
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