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Ndayishimiye discusses tensions with Rwanda on France 24

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Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye discussed tensions with Rwanda during an interview with France 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. He presented Burundi as facing Rwandan aggression, according to the article’s summary.

Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye discussed tensions with Rwanda during an interview with France 24 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. He presented himself as the victim of Rwandan aggression and called for restraint, according to the report on the interview.

Évariste Ndayishimiye thus accuses Rwanda of being behind the tensions between the two countries, while the regional conflict remains at the heart of the differences between Bujumbura and Kigali.

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