S. Africa's Zuma breaks silence on Rwanda diplomatic row
12 March 2014 14:17
South Africa expelled three Rwandan diplomats and Rwanda responded by
expelling six South African diplomats.
PRETORIA. President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday broke the government's
silence regarding South Africa's recent diplomatic row with Rwanda.
"Even the most advanced democracies fight when diplomats misbehave,"
President Zuma said at an unveiling ceremony for the presidency's
20-Year Review document.
He did not, however, elaborate further on the diplomatic impasse.
Last week, South Africa expelled three Rwandan diplomats over
suspected links to a recent attempt on the life of exiled former
Rwandan army general Faustin Nyamwasa.
Nyamwasa and his family were not at their Johannesburg home at the
time of the attack.
Rwanda responded to the move by expelling six South African diplomats.
"We have expelled six South African diplomats in reciprocity and
concern at SA harboring dissidents responsible for terrorist attacks
in Rwanda," Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said via
Twitter.
Despite Mushikiwabo's confirmation, South African officials had
remained tightlipped on the matter until Zuma's Wednesday statements.
It remains unclear whether South Africa plans to close its embassy in
Kigali or whether the two countries would renew ties on a political
level.
Nyamwasa, a vocal critic of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, fled to
South Africa in February 2010 after falling out with his former boss.
Four months later, he was shot in the stomach in what many believe was
an assassination attempt by the Kigali administration.
Rwandan observers have often accused the Kigali government of carrying
out witch hunts against exiled critics of Kagame, who has ruled the
country since 1994.
On January 1, former Rwandan intelligence chief Patrick Karegeya,
another critic of Kagame, was found dead in a luxury hotel in
Johannesburg.
His body could not be flown back to Rwanda for burial.
In Uganda, where Karegeya had held dual citizenship, authorities
refused a burial request to avoid diplomatic tensions with Kigali.
Karegeya was ultimately buried in a Johannesburg cemetery.
While in South Africa, Karegeya and Nyamwasa had together founded the
opposition Rwanda National Congress, which had angered the Kigali
administration.
A week after Karegeya's death, Rwanda's outspoken foreign minister,
Louise Mushikiwabo, said her government felt no sympathy for the
deceased spy chief, who she went on to describe as an "enemy" of the
Rwandan government.
By Hassan Isilow
englishnews@aa.com.tr
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