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Minister seeks extension of Lusaka accord

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    Burundi’s defence minister, Cyrille Ndayirukiye, has called for the extension of the implementation of the Lusaka agreement to include Burundi. Speaking on Burundi radio on Monday, Ndayirukiye said “the disarming of negative forces” in Burundi was important. “The world now understands that part of the Lusaka agreement should be urgently implemented in Burundi so that the war does not spread into Burundi due to a solution being found for Congo,” the BBC Kirundi service quoted him as saying.

    He said he feared that if the rebels were not disarmed soon, their activities could also spread to “threaten” Rwanda. He conceded that the rebel FDD and FNL were operating in several parts of Burundi, particularly in the east, along the border with Tanzania, the Kibira Forest and between the provinces of Cibitoke and Kayanza.

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