Justice minister Tharcisse Karugarama, said Thursday that government will not hinder the transfer of the warlord Bosco Ntaganda from the U.S. Embassy in Kigali to the International Criminal Court.
Karugarama told media that government has no intention of blocking or hindering the impending transfer of Ntaganda, a warlord who is charged with terrorizing eastern Congo for years.
Ntaganda has been living in the U.S. Embassy since Monday, when he showed up at the front door unannounced and uninvited and asked to be transferred to the ICC to faces charges at The Hague, Netherlands.
The Rwandan minister said there is no need for speculation that Rwanda could stand in the way of that transfer.
“How can Rwanda be a hindrance to somebody who wants to hand himself to the International Criminal Court? It is a deal between himself, the ICC and the U.S. government. Rwanda has nothing to do with it,” Karugarama said.
The top U.S. State Department official for Africa, Johnnie Carson, said Wednesday he hoped Rwanda would ensure Ntaganda is able to move freely from the embassy to the airport, and that his transfer would “in no way be inhibited.”
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