Rwandan foreign minister Louise Mushikiwabo has responded to allegations in a leaked report by UN experts, which said that Rwanda had been recruiting and training Burundian rebels trying to overthrow its President Pierre Nkurunziza (see entry at 09:03).
Burundi's government has previously made the same allegations.
Ms Mushikiwabo sent the BBC the following statement:
"The Burundi crisis is very serious, and of the Burundian leaders' own making, and the sooner the international community focuses on that, and not look for scapegoats, the better!
The unfounded allegations come from the fact that Rwanda has been hosting refugees considered hostile to Bujumbura, but we cannot send them back unless there is a fair system that will protect their lives.
Assuring the people of Burundi a good night sleep, and overall protection is what the United Nations should be bothered with, the rest is just predictable and transparent diversion."
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