{"id":54090,"date":"2025-05-05T11:41:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/amb-nduhungirehe-says-ndayishimiye-s-hostile-remarks-undermine-efforts-to\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:42:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:42:55","slug":"amb-nduhungirehe-says-ndayishimiye-s-hostile-remarks-undermine-efforts-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/amb-nduhungirehe-says-ndayishimiye-s-hostile-remarks-undermine-efforts-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Amb. Nduhungirehe says Ndayishimiye\u2019s hostile remarks undermine efforts to restore Rwanda\u2013Burundi relations"},"content":{"rendered":"

He made the disclosure on May 4, 2025, in an interview with the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA).<\/p>\n

Minister Nduhungirehe confirmed that diplomatic talks are ongoing and noted that whenever he meets his Burundian counterpart, both sides express a shared willingness to address their differences and strengthen bilateral relations.<\/p>\n

“The problem we face is that, sometimes, the President of Burundi gives interviews to international media accusing Rwanda, and this jeopardizes the progress we are trying to make. It\u2019s not just Rwandans\u2014Burundians too want to see good relations between our two countries,” he stated. <\/p>\n

He specifically referred to recent interviews where President Ndayishimiye accused Rwanda of attempting to invade Burundi\u2014an allegation that Rwanda has repeatedly denied as baseless.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese kinds of statements delay our efforts,\u201d Nduhungirehe said, \u201cbut they will not discourage us from continuing to pursue peace and a renewed relationship with Burundi.\u201d<\/p>\n

To move forward, Minister Nduhungirehe emphasized that Rwanda is ready to continue security cooperation with Burundi but stressed the need for reduced inflammatory statements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese accusations are not based on facts. When someone says that Rwanda is planning to invade Burundi, it\u2019s simply not true\u2014and even Burundians know that. We hope these kinds of comments decrease, especially from the Burundian side, so that we can continue working together and restore relations in the right time.\u201d <\/p>\n

On March 10, 2025, intelligence delegations from both nations met in Burundi\u2019s Kirundo Province to address security issues, including the reopening of borders closed by Burundi in January 2024. <\/p>\n

The closure followed Ndayishimiye\u2019s 2023 year-end speech, where he had suggested Rwanda supported the RED Tabara rebel group\u2014a claim Rwanda rejects, noting the group\u2019s activities occur far from its border.<\/p>\n

Despite the border closure, Ndayishimiye has continued to accuse Rwanda of destabilizing Burundi, allegations Rwanda refutes. <\/p>\n

\"Minister<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rwanda\u2019s Foreign Minister, Olivier Nduhungirehe, stated that efforts to restore diplomatic relations with Burundi are ongoing but face obstacles due to hostile remarks from Burundian President \u00c9variste Ndayishimiye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000086719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","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":{"id":2000086719,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/perezida_ndayishimiye_yavuze_ko_abavuga_ko_ifaranga_ry_u_burundi_ryatakaje_agaciro_baba_barituka.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/perezida_ndayishimiye_yavuze_ko_abavuga_ko_ifaranga_ry_u_burundi_ryatakaje_agaciro_baba_barituka.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/perezida_ndayishimiye_yavuze_ko_abavuga_ko_ifaranga_ry_u_burundi_ryatakaje_agaciro_baba_barituka.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/perezida_ndayishimiye_yavuze_ko_abavuga_ko_ifaranga_ry_u_burundi_ryatakaje_agaciro_baba_barituka.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/perezida_ndayishimiye_yavuze_ko_abavuga_ko_ifaranga_ry_u_burundi_ryatakaje_agaciro_baba_barituka.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/perezida_ndayishimiye_yavuze_ko_abavuga_ko_ifaranga_ry_u_burundi_ryatakaje_agaciro_baba_barituka.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54090","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=54090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000086719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54090"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54090"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}