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KIGALI, class="ok"> Dec class="ok"> 27 class="ok"> (AFP) class="ok"> - class="ok"> Rwanda's class="ok"> Foreign class="ok"> Minister class="ok"> Casimir class="ok"> Bizimungu class="ok"> has class="ok"> accused class="ok"> Burundi class="ok"> of class="ok"> failing class="ok"> to class="ok"> honour class="ok"> commitments class="ok"> concerning class="ok"> the class="ok"> interrogation class="ok"> of class="ok"> 228 class="ok"> Rwandans class="ok"> who class="ok"> fled class="ok"> to class="ok"> their class="ok"> embassy class="ok"> after class="ok"> an class="ok"> insurrection.
Bizimungu class="ok"> said class="ok"> on class="ok"> Rwanda class="ok"> Radio class="ok"> late class="ok"> Thursday class="ok"> that class="ok"> the class="ok"> Burundi class="ok"> government class="ok"> was class="ok"> breaking class="ok"> an class="ok"> agreement class="ok"> about class="ok"> questioning class="ok"> the class="ok"> Rwandans, class="ok"> accused class="ok"> of class="ok"> involvement class="ok"> in class="ok"> fighting class="ok"> that class="ok"> left class="ok"> some class="ok"> 300 class="ok"> dead class="ok"> in class="ok"> the class="ok"> Burundi class="ok"> capital class="ok"> Bujumbura class="ok"> and class="ok"> the class="ok"> northwest class="ok"> of class="ok"> the class="ok"> country class="ok"> early class="ok"> in class="ok"> December.
Rwandan class="ok"> diplomats class="ok"> had class="ok"> not class="ok"> been class="ok"> allowed class="ok"> to class="ok"> witness class="ok"> the class="ok"> interrogation class="ok"> of class="ok"> their class="ok"> nationals, class="ok"> who class="ok"> went class="ok"> to class="ok"> the class="ok"> embassy class="ok"> last class="ok"> week class="ok"> after class="ok"> Burundi class="ok"> authorities class="ok"> said class="ok"> troops class="ok"> had class="ok"> clashed class="ok"> with class="ok"> insurgents class="ok"> "from class="ok"> outside class="ok"> the class="ok"> country", class="ok"> implicitly class="ok"> blaming class="ok"> Rwanda class="ok"> for class="ok"> supporting class="ok"> the class="ok"> rebels.
Burundi class="ok"> security class="ok"> forces class="ok"> were class="ok"> systematically class="ok"> searching class="ok"> Rwandan class="ok"> diplomatic class="ok"> staff class="ok"> and class="ok"> had class="ok"> refused class="ok"> to class="ok"> let class="ok"> a class="ok"> medical class="ok"> team class="ok"> enter class="ok"> the class="ok"> country class="ok"> as class="ok"> part class="ok"> of class="ok"> a class="ok"> delegation, class="ok"> Bizimungu class="ok"> said.
Burundi class="ok"> had class="ok"> also class="ok"> agreed class="ok"> to class="ok"> let class="ok"> the class="ok"> International class="ok"> Committee class="ok"> of class="ok"> the class="ok"> Red class="ok"> Cross class="ok"> (ICRC) class="ok"> monitor class="ok"> the class="ok"> interrogations class="ok"> and class="ok"> allow class="ok"> the class="ok"> Rwandan class="ok"> nationals, class="ok"> described class="ok"> as class="ok"> illegal class="ok"> immigrants, class="ok"> back class="ok"> into class="ok"> the class="ok"> embassy class="ok"> for class="ok"> repatriation class="ok"> once class="ok"> they class="ok"> had class="ok"> been class="ok"> questioned class="ok"> and class="ok"> indentified.
The class="ok"> trouble class="ok"> between class="ok"> the class="ok"> small class="ok"> central class="ok"> African class="ok"> states, class="ok"> both class="ok"> populated class="ok"> by class="ok"> Hutus class="ok"> and class="ok"> Tutsi class="ok"> peoples, class="ok"> arose class="ok"> after class="ok"> Burundi class="ok"> said class="ok"> the class="ok"> fighting class="ok"> was class="ok"> started class="ok"> by class="ok"> members class="ok"> of class="ok"> the class="ok"> Hutu class="ok"> liberation class="ok"> party class="ok"> PalipeHutu, class="ok"> with class="ok"> a class="ok"> view class="ok"> to class="ok"> stirring class="ok"> up class="ok"> "racial class="ok"> hatred" class="ok"> between class="ok"> the class="ok"> two class="ok"> communities.
mgu-dl/nb/ss class="ok"> AFP class="ok"> AFP class="ok"> SEQN-0164
