BURUNDI has said it is ready to continue with dialogue involving all its citizens living inside and outside the country to ensure a lasting solution to the political impasse in the East African country.
Speaking to journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the Burundi Foreign Minister Alain Aimee Nyamitwe said that he will continue to consult President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda who is the chief mediator on the dialogue modalities to find a peaceful settlement. “Our government is ready to negotiate and we have shown the readiness in the formation of commission for dialogue,” he stressed.
He also said that his country was doing all this efforts for the interest of Burundi“We are doing things not to be trusted by the world,” he remarked.
“We want to ensure stability and peace for Burundians,” he emphasised. Meanwhile, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, East Africa, Regional and International Cooperation, Dr Augustine Mahiga, said Tanzania continues to consult with Burundi on the peace negotiations.
He said that the minister’ visit was a clear indication that Burundi was committed to the dialogue. He said that the talks held between the two countries touched on the issue of deploying peace keeping force.
“I had fruitful discussion on the issue of deployment with AU and we agreed in principle on the need to deploy peacekeepers,” he said. However, the AU have agreed to first consult Burundi government before making such a move, he said.
“Therefore, I have conveyed the message which the minister will deliver to his president,” he said. When Mr Nyamitwe was asked about the petition going on at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) by various stakeholders over the human rights violation. He said it was a democratic process and people were free to give their views.
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