The United States has expressed its belief that Rwanda is reportedly doing everything to destabilize troubled Burundi. The U.S. officials think that Rwanda has high involvement in spreading Burundi crisis by recruiting refugees to launch attacks against President Pierre Nkurunziza's government.
Two American senior diplomats have said in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that they have colleagues who can assure that Rwandan in involved in Burundi crisis, Telegraph reports. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US assistant secretary of state for African affairs further attested that the Rwandan government has been participating in destabilizing Burundi. It is the first time for U.S., a strong supporter of Rwanda in the past, to accuse the government in Kagali of its participation in the Burundi crisis.
Nyamitwe also advised the U.S. to take action on the ranging Burundi crisis. Burundi has been in turmoil since Nkurunziza has announced his will to run for the third term in April. After winning, Burundi crisis erupted killing over 400 people. There are also at least 240,000 people who left the country, BBC adds. The tension heightened with reports claiming that Burudian refugees were allegedly recruited in Rwandian camp between May to June 2015 to launch attacks in Burundi. It is said that they were given two months of training.
Rwanda's Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo claimed that the allegations are "unfounded." The refugees have said that their mission is to remove Nkurunziza from his position.
