Antalya, Turukiya – Minisitiri w’Ububanyi n’Amahanga n’Ubutwererane w’u Rwanda, Ambasaderi Olivier Nduhungirehe, yanenze imiryango mpuzamahanga n’ibihugu byo mu burengerazuba bw’Isi kubwo, nk’uko abivuga, kwitiranya ibikorwa by’ubwirinzi bw’u Rwanda n’ubufasha ku mutwe wa M23 urwanya Leta ya Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo (RDC).
Yabitangaje ubwo yari mu mujyi wa Antalya, muri Turukiya, aho yari yitabiriye inama mpuzamahanga ya dipolomasi. Mu kiganiro yagiranye n’itangazamakuru, Minisitiri Nduhungirehe yahakanye yivuye inyuma uruhare rw’u Rwanda mu gufasha umutwe wa M23, ashimangira ko ibyo bikorwa ari byo bishingirwaho mu kwibasira u Rwanda no kuruhamya ibirego bidafite ishingiro.
Yagize ati: “M23 ni umutwe witwaje intwaro uri kurwanira uburenganzira bw’Abanye-Congo bavuga Ikinyarwanda, bamaze imyaka myinshi batotezwa, kandi ni wo wafashe ibice byo mu Burasirazuba bwa RDC. Goma, Bukavu n’ibindi bice byafashwe na M23, si u Rwanda. U Rwanda ruri kurinda gusa umupaka warwo, binyuze mu bikorwa byo gukumira ibishobora kuruhungabanya.”
Minisitiri Nduhungirehe yasobanuye ko igisobanuro gicumbagira ku kibazo cy’umutekano mu Burasirazuba bwa Congo aricyo gikomeje gutuma u Rwanda rushinjwa ibitagira ishingiro. Yavuze ko hari ihuriro ryo kwibeshya rishingiye ku kuba u Rwanda rwarashyizeho ingamba zo kwirinda ibitero, abantu bakabisobanura nk’uburyo bwo kwifatanya n’abarwanyi ba M23.
“Turi kwitiranya iyi ngingo y’umutekano ku mupaka wacu n’ikibazo cya M23. Hari inzira y’ubusamo irimo gukoreshwa mu gusobanura ikibazo cya RDC, bikitiranya uruhare rw’u Rwanda n’ukuri k’ihangana hagati ya M23 na Leta ya Congo,” yavuze.
Minisitiri Nduhungirehe yanavuze ku mutwe wa FDLR (Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda), awushinja kugira uruhare rukomeye muri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994 no gukomeza guhungabanya umutekano w’u Rwanda kugeza n’uyu munsi. Yashimangiye ko uyu mutwe ukomeje gushyigikirwa na Leta ya RDC, bityo bikaba impamvu y’ibikorwa by’ubwirinzi bihoraho ku ruhande rw’u Rwanda.
“FDLR yagabye ibitero birenga 20 ku butaka bw’u Rwanda guhera mu 2018. Ni umutwe w’iterabwoba, washyigikiwe ukanaterwa inkunga na Leta ya RDC. U Rwanda ntabwo rushobora kwihanganira ko utera umutekano warwo ugahungabana,” yavuze.
Ibihugu byinshi byo mu Burengerazuba byakunze gushinja u Rwanda gukorana na M23, ndetse bimwe birufatira ibihano, birimo kubuza bamwe mu bayobozi barwo kubona viza cyangwa guhagarika inkunga z’imikoranire. Gusa, Minisitiri Nduhungirehe avuga ko ibi bidakwiye kugisha u Rwanda intege cyangwa ngo biruhozeho igitutu cyo kwemera ibyo rudashinzwe.
“Dufite igihugu n’abantu bacu dukwiye kurinda. Nta gihugu cyo mu Burengerazuba gikwiye kuduha ibwiriza ryahungabanya umutekano w’abaturage bacu. Ntabwo tuzemera ko u Rwanda rusubira mu bihe rwabayemo mu 1994 kuko ni bwo rwari rugiye guhanagurwa ku ikarita,” yavuze.
Ibi bivuze ko u Rwanda rufata umutekano warwo nk’inkingi ya mbere mu bukexistensi yarwo, ndetse ko rudashobora kwemera ko amateka ya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi asubira.
Minisitiri Nduhungirehe yagaragaje ko ikibazo cy’umutekano mu Burasirazuba bwa RDC gikwiye gusobanurwa ku buryo bwimbitse, hatitawe gusa ku ishusho rusange ishingiye ku bihuha n’imyumvire itanoze. Yashimangiye ko gukemura icyo kibazo bisaba ubushishozi, gukemura ibibazo by’ivangura no guha ijambo abaturage bavutswa uburenganzira mu gihugu cyabo.
Umwuka mubi hagati y’u Rwanda na RDC umaze igihe kinini ututumba, aho Leta ya Congo ishinja u Rwanda gutera inkunga M23, mu gihe u Rwanda rwo rushinja Congo gufatanya na FDLR – umutwe ufitanye amateka akomeye n’abateguye Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi. Uru ruhurirane rw’amateka mabi, politiki mpuzamahanga n’ubushake buke bwo gushaka igisubizo cy’impamo, ni rwo rugaragara nk’intandaro y’isenyuka ry’ubwumvikane muri ako karere.
Mu gihe isi yitegura amatora muri Congo no mu Rwanda mu mwaka utaha wa 2026, ikibazo cy’umutekano mu Burasirazuba bwa RDC kizakomeza kuba ku isonga y’ibyihutirwa. U Rwanda, nk’uko Minisitiri w’Ububanyi n’Amahanga abivuga, rugamije kwirinda ibihungabanya ubusugire bwarwo, kandi ruzakomeza kubikora hatitawe ku gitutu mpuzamahanga.
