Gwamnatin Rwanda ta ce Burundi ta yanke shawarar rufe kan iyakarta da kasar da ke gabashin Afirka, makonni bayan da shugaban kasar Burundi ya zarge ta da karbar bakuncin kungiyar ‘yan tawaye.
Shugaban kasar Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye a karshen watan Disamba ya zargi Rwanda da karbar bakonci tare da horar da kungiyar ‘yan tawayen Red Tabara, wacce ta dauki alhakin wani hari a kusa da iyakar Burundi da Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo (DRC).
Rwanda ta yi watsi da zarginsa.
Ruwanda ta samu labarin hukuncin na Burundi ta hanyar rahotannin kafafen yada labarai, in ji kakakin gwamnati, inda ya kara da cewa hakan ya saba wa ka’idojin kungiyar yankin dukkansu wani bangare ne na.
Kakakin gwamnatin Rwanda Yolande Makolo ya ce “Wannan shawarar da ba ta dace ba za ta takaita zirga-zirgar jama’a da kayayyaki cikin ‘yanci tsakanin kasashen biyu, kuma ya saba wa ka’idojin hadin gwiwar yankin da hadewar kungiyar kasashen gabashin Afirka.”
Dangantaka tsakanin wasu kasashen kungiyar ta yi tsami tsawon shekaru a cikin rikicin cikin gida, wadanda suka hada da Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan ta Kudu, Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo da Somaliya.
“A yau mun rufe iyakokin. Kuma wanda zai je can ba zai wuce ba,” kamar yadda kafafen yada labarai na cikin gida suka rawaito ministan cikin gidan Burundi Martin Niteretse.
Burundi ta ce harin da aka kai a watan Disamba ya lakume rayukan mutane 20 yayin da Red Tabara ta bayyana a dandalin sada zumunta na X cewa harin ya kashe sojoji tara da dan sanda guda.
Red Tabara dai na fafatawa da gwamnatin Burundi daga sansanonin da ke gabashin Kongo tun shekara ta 2015.
Reuters/Ladan Nasidi.