Monday, 3 June 2013
Abicanyi ba Kagame bakomeje gukorera ibikorwa by’iterabwoba abagize umuryango w’umwanditsi mukuru w’Umuvugizi
Membe: Kikwete won’t apologise to Rwanda
Membe: Kikwete won't apologise to Rwanda
Posted Saturday, June 1 2013 at 21:16
IN SUMMARY
The proposal was made in good faith, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Bernard Membe told Parliament yesterday.
Dodoma. President Jakaya Kikwete will not apologise to Rwanda or change his stand that the Rwandan government should negotiate with rebels.
The proposal was made in good faith, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Bernard Membe told Parliament yesterday.
Mr Membe said there was no way the Head of State could apologise for saying the truth and stating a fact.
He reiterated Tanzania's position that Rwanda had no option but to get into peace talks with rebels most of whom are fighting President Paul Kagame's regime from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) forests.
He said fighting the rebels unsuccessfully for 17 years necessitated the need to negotiate with them.
According to Mr Membe, Tanzania sees the presence of such rebels in the DRC forests as a setback in the region's peace process.
"Rwanda has opposed President Kikwete's statement but the President will not apologise because his statement was based on facts….Rwanda should take this advice….Our President cannot apologise for saying the truth," Mr Membe said shortly after Parliament endorsed the ministry's Sh138.36 billion budget for 2013/14 fiscal year.
During last week's 50th anniversary of the African Union in Addis Ababa, President Kikwete called on Rwanda to hold talks with Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels because the military option had failed to end the war with them.
Kigali has strongly opposed the proposal, with Rwanda's Foreign Affairs minister, Ms Louise Mushikiwabo, quoted by Radio France Internationale (RFI) as describing Mr Kikwete's remarks as "aberrant" and "shocking".
She told RFI on Monday that Rwanda would not consider negotiating with people who were responsible for the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis.
"Those who think that Rwanda today should sit down at the negotiating table with FDLR simply don't know what they are talking about," she said.
She said it was unfortunate that the rebel group had sympathisers in the region, including President Kikwete.
She urged President Kikwete to retract his comments. She told RFI that she did not expect President Kikwete to suggest that Rwanda negotiate with "known terrorists" since he had served as a Foreign Affairs minister and knows the FDLR background.
She added that Mr Kikwete could be just another sympathiser for the group whose ideology is still being fought in Rwanda and worldwide. The chairman of Rwanda's Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr Gideon Kayinamura, is also on record as having categorically stated that suggesting negotiations with the FDLR militias was a big insult to Rwandans.
Rwandans living in the US have also petitioned President Barack Obama not to listen to such positions and continue with support to Rwanda and the region to bring FDLR criminals to justice.
The US government has already reinstated a $5 million prize on the FDLR rebel leaders, like Sylvestre Mudacumura and labelled the group as a terrorist movement in the region.
But winding up the debate for his ministry's budget in the National Assembly yesterday, Mr Membe said Mr Kikwete had no ill-intention in the proposal he made during the 21st African Union Summit on May 26.
According to him, it was high time Rwanda considered the fact that peace was made with enemies and that negotiations could only be made with enemies and not friends.
Mr Membe also told the National Assembly that the government would consider taking to DRC eight journalists to cover the country's peacekeeper forces in the Eastern side of the country.
"Our forces in DRC are doing a wonderful job and have been received with jubilation and we hope they will keep the spirit alive by demonstrating our values and hospitality," he said.
Mr Membe, however, noted that there was propaganda aimed at mudslinging Tanzanian forces and thus plans were underway to send reporters under army guidance to report their activities.
"We will soon send eight reporters to DRC where they will document activities by our forces which are already there of peace restoration in the eastern part of the country," he said.
A total of 1,283 soldiers will be sent to Congo from Tanzania to form the UN Force Intervention Brigade made up of 3,069 soldier.
Membe: Kikwete won’t apologise to Rwanda
Membe: Kikwete won't apologise to Rwanda
Posted Saturday, June 1 2013 at 21:16
IN SUMMARY
The proposal was made in good faith, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Bernard Membe told Parliament yesterday.
Dodoma. President Jakaya Kikwete will not apologise to Rwanda or change his stand that the Rwandan government should negotiate with rebels.
The proposal was made in good faith, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Bernard Membe told Parliament yesterday.
Mr Membe said there was no way the Head of State could apologise for saying the truth and stating a fact.
He reiterated Tanzania's position that Rwanda had no option but to get into peace talks with rebels most of whom are fighting President Paul Kagame's regime from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) forests.
He said fighting the rebels unsuccessfully for 17 years necessitated the need to negotiate with them.
According to Mr Membe, Tanzania sees the presence of such rebels in the DRC forests as a setback in the region's peace process.
"Rwanda has opposed President Kikwete's statement but the President will not apologise because his statement was based on facts….Rwanda should take this advice….Our President cannot apologise for saying the truth," Mr Membe said shortly after Parliament endorsed the ministry's Sh138.36 billion budget for 2013/14 fiscal year.
During last week's 50th anniversary of the African Union in Addis Ababa, President Kikwete called on Rwanda to hold talks with Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels because the military option had failed to end the war with them.
Kigali has strongly opposed the proposal, with Rwanda's Foreign Affairs minister, Ms Louise Mushikiwabo, quoted by Radio France Internationale (RFI) as describing Mr Kikwete's remarks as "aberrant" and "shocking".
She told RFI on Monday that Rwanda would not consider negotiating with people who were responsible for the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis.
"Those who think that Rwanda today should sit down at the negotiating table with FDLR simply don't know what they are talking about," she said.
She said it was unfortunate that the rebel group had sympathisers in the region, including President Kikwete.
She urged President Kikwete to retract his comments. She told RFI that she did not expect President Kikwete to suggest that Rwanda negotiate with "known terrorists" since he had served as a Foreign Affairs minister and knows the FDLR background.
She added that Mr Kikwete could be just another sympathiser for the group whose ideology is still being fought in Rwanda and worldwide. The chairman of Rwanda's Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr Gideon Kayinamura, is also on record as having categorically stated that suggesting negotiations with the FDLR militias was a big insult to Rwandans.
Rwandans living in the US have also petitioned President Barack Obama not to listen to such positions and continue with support to Rwanda and the region to bring FDLR criminals to justice.
The US government has already reinstated a $5 million prize on the FDLR rebel leaders, like Sylvestre Mudacumura and labelled the group as a terrorist movement in the region.
But winding up the debate for his ministry's budget in the National Assembly yesterday, Mr Membe said Mr Kikwete had no ill-intention in the proposal he made during the 21st African Union Summit on May 26.
According to him, it was high time Rwanda considered the fact that peace was made with enemies and that negotiations could only be made with enemies and not friends.
Mr Membe also told the National Assembly that the government would consider taking to DRC eight journalists to cover the country's peacekeeper forces in the Eastern side of the country.
"Our forces in DRC are doing a wonderful job and have been received with jubilation and we hope they will keep the spirit alive by demonstrating our values and hospitality," he said.
Mr Membe, however, noted that there was propaganda aimed at mudslinging Tanzanian forces and thus plans were underway to send reporters under army guidance to report their activities.
"We will soon send eight reporters to DRC where they will document activities by our forces which are already there of peace restoration in the eastern part of the country," he said.
A total of 1,283 soldiers will be sent to Congo from Tanzania to form the UN Force Intervention Brigade made up of 3,069 soldier.
Belgique: Pour un embargo militaire contre le Rwanda et l’Ouganda | intal
POUR UN EMBARGO MILITAIRE CONTRE LE RWANDA ET L'OUGANDA
Un rapport de l'ONU désigne sans ambiguïté le Rwanda et l'Ouganda comme commanditaires d'une « rébellion M23 », qui sème la terreur au Nord Kivu.
Pour cette raison, les soussigné(e)s exigent de notre gouvernement une démarche ferme pour imposer un embargo militaire contre les fauteurs de guerre, le Rwanda et l'Ouganda. Ceci implique :
- l'arrêt immédiat de toute forme de coopération militaire avec les armées et gouvernements rwandais et ougandais, en ce compris la participation de ces armées dans des mission de paix de l'ONU (comme c'est le cas au Darfour et en Somalie)
- l'interdiction de toute livraison d'armements au Rwanda et à l'Ouganda
Ce pétition est soutenue par : AMUKA, Médecine pour le Tiers Monde, UJAMAA, Piscine d'activités, intal
Friday, 31 May 2013
The Tanzanian Government Blog: Rwanda's reaction to President Kikwete's statement shocking
Friday, 31 May 2013
Rwanda's reaction to President Kikwete's statement shocking
-“The root cause of the Rwandan tragedy of 1994 is the long and past historical ethnic dominance of one minority ethnic group to the other majority ethnic group. Ignoring this reality is giving a black cheque for the Rwandan people’s future and deepening resentment, hostility and hatred between the two groups.”
-« Ce dont j’ai le plus peur, c’est des gens qui croient que, du jour au lendemain, on peut prendre une société, lui tordre le cou et en faire une autre ».
-“The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”
-“I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.”
-“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
READ MORE RECENT NEWS AND OPINIONS
-
▼
2024
(366)
-
▼
December
(28)
- [Rwanda Forum] NOT IN OUR NAME !
- [Rwanda Forum] Face aux ambassadeurs occidentaux T...
- [Rwanda Forum] La RDC porte plainte contre Apple e...
- [Rwanda Forum] Rwanda de Kagame: Enfants militaris...
- [Rwanda Forum] L'armée secrète de Kagame! D'autre...
- [Rwanda Forum] Kagamé détient photos et vidéos de ...
- [Rwanda Forum] L'intégration d'ex-FDLR au sommet d...
- [Rwanda Forum] Génocide au Rwanda: non-lieu confir...
- [Rwanda Forum] Comment le Tribunal pour le Rwanda ...
- [Rwanda Forum] 9/12/24 Mme KAYIKWAMBA MINAFET RDC ...
- [Rwanda Forum] Ghana: John Mahama wins the preside...
- [Rwanda Forum] Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-...
- [Rwanda Forum] Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-...
- [Rwanda Forum] Négation du génocide des Tutsi du R...
- [Rwanda Forum] Bashar al-Assad given asylum in Mos...
- [Rwanda Forum] PROCÈS HISTORIQUE: L'ÉCRIVAIN CHARL...
- [Rwanda Forum] Bachar al-Assad a-t-il quitté la Sy...
- [Rwanda Forum] Syrian insurgents enter Damascus, P...
- [Rwanda Forum] Chassés du Tchad et de Sénégal: L’é...
- [Rwanda Forum] RWANDA: NIBYO RWOSE INKA ZISHE IMBW...
- [Rwanda Forum] Australian Senate Passes ‘World Fir...
- [Rwanda Forum] Tories spent £50m on Rwanda deporta...
- [Rwanda Forum] Rwanda: Victoire Ingabire Arashinjw...
- [Rwanda Forum] White Malice: How the CIA strangled...
- [Rwanda Forum] Que la France quitte toute l'Afrique
- [Rwanda Forum] Les Français sont pauvres, voleurs ...
- [Rwanda Forum] Que la France quitte toute l'Afrique.
- [Rwanda Forum] Que la France quitte toute l'Afrique.
-
▼
December
(28)
Popular Posts
-
http://montjalinews.com/2016/07/28/amateka-yubusabane-bwabanyarwanda/ http://montjalinews.com/...
-
L'armée secrète de Kagame! D'autres hirondelles arrivent... https://www.facebook.com/share/r/hH16f5ZPiSh42emK/?mibextid=UalRPS ### ...
-
If Axel Muganwa Rudakubana had been a son of a Hutu, what would have been the news headlines in Kagame's mouthpiece tabloids? Sinc...
-
White Malice: How the CIA strangled African independence at birth | The Citizen White Malice: How the CIA strangled African independence a...
-
"L'avion a disparu du radar, le transpondeur a peut-être été désactivé, mais je pense que la plus grande probabilité est que l'...
-
Génocide au Rwanda: non-lieu confirmé en appel dans l'enquête sur l'armée française à Bisesero https://www.boursedirect.fr/en/news/c...
-
La RDC porte plainte contre Apple en France et Belgique pour «exploitation et exportation illégale» de minerais https://www.rfi.fr/fr/%C3%A9...
-
Afrikarabia » Négation du génocide des Tutsi du Rwanda : Onana condamné à Paris La XVIIe chambre du tribunal correctionnel de Paris...
-
Bashar al-Assad given asylum in Moscow, Russian media say Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow and been granted asylum ...
-
Syrian insurgents enter Damascus, President Assad flees Syria | AP News Syrian insurgents enter Damascus, President Assad flees Syria | ...
WebMD Health Channel - Sex & Relationships
Love Lectures
How We Made It In Africa – Insight into business in Africa
David DeAngelo - Dating Questions For Men
Christian Carter - Dating Questions For Women
Women - The Huffington Post
Recent Articles About Effective Communication Skills and Self Development
Useful Links
- Africa Works
- Africa Development / Afrique et Developpement
- Africa Desk
- Africa Portal
- International Politics From the Margins
- Democracy in Africa
- Africa in Transition
- African Arguments
- Observatoire de l’Afrique
- International African Institute
- African Studies on H-net
- Royal African Society
- African Studies Association UK (ASAUK)
- African Studies Association (ASA)
- How we made it in Africa
- All Africa
- The Africa Report
- Think Africa Press
- Africa Desk
- African Studies Internet Resource at Columbia University
- African Studies Resource at Columbia University Libraries
- The Nordic Africa Institute
- The African Studies Centre at Leiden University
- African Studies Center at University of Pennsylvania
- Institute of African Studies at Carleton University
- Yale Council on African Studies
- Institute of African Studies at Emory University
- African Studies Program at University of Wisconsin
- Center for African Studies at the University of Florida
- African Studies at Johns Hopkins University
- African and African Diaspora Studies at Boston College
- African Studies Center at Boston University
- African Studies Program at Ohio University
- African Studies Centre at Michigan State University
- Harvard’s Committee on African Studies
- Institute for African Studies at Columbia University
- African Studies Centre at University of Bradford
- Africa Regional Interest Group at Durham University
- Centre of African Studies at SOAS
- Centre of African Studies at University of Edinburgh (UK) :
- Centre for the Study of African Economics at University of Oxford
- United Nations. ReliefWeb
- Institut de recherche pour le developpement
- Global Issues That Affect Everyone
- Africa Files
- Centre for the Study of Human Rights
- Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
- Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies
- Institute for the Study of Human Rights
- Montreal Institute For Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Cohen Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
- Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
- The Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies
- Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
- International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- The Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
- The Genocide Studies Program
- Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa
- The Association of African Universities (AAU)
- The British Institute in Eastern Africa
- The Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING)
- Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
- About Africa Research Online
- Africa Research Institute