President Jakaya Kikwete - Relations Between Rwanda and Tanzania
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02/06/2014
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"Fellow Citizens;
It is a matter of fact that, in our national interest, we have
promoted actions aimed at building good neighborliness and would
strengthen our relations with our neighbors. That is one of the main
pillars of the Foreign Policy of Tanzania. That has been the tenet of
our relations with the country of Rwanda, before and after the recent
uncertainty. I would like to assure our Rwandan brothers that, as far
as Tanzania is concerned, nothing has changed and the level of our
cooperation has not declined.
Things are the same. For me, personally, I have not said anything
against Rwanda, despite a lot of abusive words, insults and sarcasm
coming out of the mouth of Rwanda leaders and aimed at me. Not because
I do not know what was said, who said it and when, or that I have
nothing to say. Of course not. I have not done this because I do not
see the benefits from doing it. To me, I feel like there is some
conflict. The sages have taught us that we should not fuel all
conflicts. The British say that "two wrongs do not make a right".
Fellow Citizens;
As you know our relationship with Rwanda has been good for many years.
We cooperate and help each other so much between our countries in our
region, bilaterally, in East Africa community, the Great Lakes Region,
in the African Union, and even internationally.
Our relations seem to have deteriorate after I gave an advice to the
Government of Rwanda to talk to their opposition. The advice was given
in good faith, because I truly believe that if something can be
resolved through dialogue, it is the best way to go. Furthermore, the
same advice was also given to the Government of the Congo and the
Government of Uganda. At the meeting, President Yoweri Museveni of
Uganda echoed my statement. Rwandan president did not say anything at
the meeting. It is after his return to Rwanda that we began to hear
the words we hear and we continued to hear as of today.
I am really amazed by how they reacted to my advice and what they did.
They absolutely overreacted and took my words out of context. My
statements were based on my many years experience with the regional
matters. We have been meeting in various conferences, and in meetings
we talk openly and consult on ways to address problems and issues that
occur.
On all the matters that are of common concern, giving advice is the
responsibility of all of us. And very often we gave each other advice.
Now, how is then that advising each other has become wrong and should
be seen as ingenious?
Disagreement and insult! It's not at all the same! Advice is not
forced, advice is not a command. One must be willing to accept or to
reject. A gentleman would have said: "I disagree with your advice." No
need to insult or use abusive or twisted words.
Fellow Citizens;
I would repeatedly say that I, personally, and our Government of
Tanzania have no quarrel nor any serious conflict with Rwanda. We
would like to maintain good relations with Rwanda. Maybe Rwandan
officials have a beef against us that we do not know. For us we heard
a lot words spoken and actions allegedly by Rwanda against me and our
country. We consider these as absurdities."
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