{"id":47443,"date":"2023-01-27T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/minister-biruta-sheds-light-on-state-of-relations-with-regional-countries\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T11:15:00","slug":"minister-biruta-sheds-light-on-state-of-relations-with-regional-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/minister-biruta-sheds-light-on-state-of-relations-with-regional-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Rwanda&#8217;s relations with regional countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Biruta made the disclosure on Thursday 26th January 2023 as he briefed parliamentarians on the state of relations with regional countries.  <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda\u2019s relations with Burundi deteriorated since 2015 after a failed coup plot in the country that saw Burundians fleeing to Rwanda. <\/p>\n<p>Eight years later, the relations are good and were reinforced through different meetings bringing together officials from both countries to take them to a positive trajectory. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe relations were gradually mended, we exchange visits and I personally led Rwanda\u2019s delegation during the Independence Anniversary celebrated last year,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were different meetings bringing together provincial governors and the border was reopened [&#8230;] These developments constitute signs indicating that relations have been improving. Relations with Burundi soured for quite some time but we are getting back on track and we are optimistic that pending issues can be discussed to find a solution,\u201d added Dr. Biruta.      <\/p>\n<p>For Uganda, Minister Biruta said that relations are at a commendable step where the 15th Joint Permanent Commission between Uganda and Rwanda is scheduled in March 2023. <\/p>\n<p>On relations with Tanzania, Minister Biruta highlighted that both countries\u2019 relations are vibrant where the implementation of signed cooperation agreements is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that relations with other regional countries including Kenya, South Sudan are also good. <\/p>\n<p>On tensions between Rwanda and DRC, Minister Biruta shed light on circumstances that led to the current situation.  <\/p>\n<p>He said that the situation started worsening towards the end of 2021 when the fighting erupted between Congolese Army (FARDC) and the M23 rebel group. <\/p>\n<p>DRC accuses Rwanda of backing M23, a claim which the latter has repeatedly rejected.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45996 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/c07a1146-e38de.jpg\" alt=\"Minister Biruta has said that Rwanda enjoys cordial relations with regional countries except DRC.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Vincent Biruta has said that Rwanda enjoys vibrant relations with East African Community (EAC) member states except ongoing tensions between the country and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-47443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47443"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47443"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}