No let-up in search for Interahamwe, Kagame says

Vice-President Paul Kagame has said that unless the Interahamwe and ex-FAR are disarmed, Rwanda has no choice but to continue looking for them and fighting. In an interview with the 'EastAfrican' weekly newspaper, he stressed Rwanda was not involved in DRC's internal affairs. "Dictatorship could have gone on in Congo for hundreds of years without our
involvement," he said. "But for as long as this dictatorship is directly linked with our problem, arming Interahamwe and pushing them across the border, it means you are inviting me to your territory." Kagame said Rwanda would never compromise with the "genocidaires". "If these were people with a cause, then we could find some kind of agreement," he said. "We shall fight them - that is the solution." He said his country had the capacity "to continue fighting in Congo for a long
time".

Meanwhile, Rwandans on Sunday celebrated the fifth anniversary of the ousting of the regime blamed for the 1994 genocide, Reuters reported. Rwandan President Pasteur Bizimungu said his government had restored security, rehabilitated the economy and stabilised a society torn apart by the genocide.