URWANDA rwahishuye ko rufite imikoranire na AFC/m23 Mu ijambo Ambasaderi w’u Rwanda muri America, Mathilde Mukantabana, yageneye Komite y’Inteko Ishinga Amategeko ya Amerika ishinzwe Ububanyi n’Amahanga, agashami gashinzwe Afurika, yavuze ko u Rwanda na AFC/M23 bihuriye ku ngingo y’umutekano yo kurwanya no gukumira Jenoside.

URWANDA rwahishuye ko rufite imikoranire na AFC/m23 Mu ijambo Ambasaderi w’u Rwanda muri America, Mathilde Mukantabana, yageneye Komite y’Inteko Ishinga Amategeko ya Amerika ishinzwe Ububanyi n’Amahanga, agashami gashinzwe Afurika, yavuze ko u Rwanda na AFC/M23 bihuriye ku ngingo y’umutekano yo kurwanya no gukumira Jenoside.

Mwijambo ryamaze akanya  yise “Rwanda’s Defensive Measures and Transparency”, tariki ya 22 Mutarama 2026, muri kiriya kiganiro, Amb. Mathilde Mukantabana yavuze ko kubera impamvu, u Rwanda hari aho ruhurira mu by’umutekano na AFC/M23.

Nibwo bwa mbere u Rwanda rwemeje ku mugaragaro ko rufite aho ruhuriye na AFC/M23 nubwo rwkunze kugaragaza ko rushyigikiye ibyo irwanira, ariko rugahakana ko ruyitera inkunga.

Muri ririya jambo, Amb Mathilde Mukantabana yavuze ko AFC/M23 ari umutwe witwaje intwaro wigenga ufite ibyo utumvikanaho n’ubutegetsi bwa Congo, birimo kwica abantu, gufata ku ngufu abagore, n’ivangura rishingiye ku bwoko rikorerwa Abatutsi bo muri Congo.

Yavuze ko uyu mutwe hari ibyo wari wemeranyijwe n’ubutegetsi ariko ntibuhabihirizwa, ndetse unahezwa muri politiki.

Yagize ati “Kuba u Rwanda na AFC/M23 bisangiye intego yo kurinda Abatutsi bo muri Congo imitwe irimo FDLR, n’indi ifashwa n’ingabo za Congo, FARDC ifit ibitekerezo by’ubuhezanguni, igihugu cyange inyungu zacyo zigera: no ku gukumira ko habaho indi Jenoside biturutse ku banzi bava hanze y’umupaka nk’uko byabaye mu myaka ya 1990, ibyo byashyira mu kaga no kubaho k’u Rwanda.”

Muri biriya biganiro, Amb Mathilde Mukantabana yavuze ko u Rwanda rudashaka kugena uko ibintu bigenda muri politiki ya Congo, ndetse rutanashyigikiye imitwe yitwaje intwaro kugira ngo habeho ubutegetsi budaheza.

Ati “Ibikorwa byacu bigarukira gusa mu kwita ku kurinda umutekano w’abaturage b’u Rwanda, binyuze mu gukumira ibyago bya Jenoside yava hakurya y’umupaka.”

Yasobanuye ko ingamba z’ubwirinzi u Rwanda rwafashe zizasubirwamo bitewe n’uko izo mpungenge z’umutekano zizagabanuka, bijyanye no gushyira mu bikorwa amasezerano yasinyiwe i Washington

In English 

Rwanda has revealed its collaboration with AFC/M23. In her statement to the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, the Rwandan Ambassador to the United States, Mathilde Mukantabana, said that Rwanda and AFC/M23 share a common security interest in fighting and preventing genocide.

In a lengthy speech titled “Rwanda’s Defensive Measures and Transparency”, on January 22, 2026, during the conference, Amb. Mathilde Mukantabana said that for some reason, Rwanda has some common ground in security matters with the AFC/M23.

  He said, “I say this without any hesitation so that we can build trust through transparency.”

This is the first time Rwanda has publicly acknowledged its links to the AFC/M23, although it has often expressed support for its causes but denied funding them.

In that speech, Amb Mathilde Mukantabana said that AFC/M23 is an independent armed group that has disagreements with the Congolese government, including killings, rape of women, and ethnic discrimination against the Tutsi people of Congo.

He said that this group had agreed to some things with the government but they were not implemented, and were even politically excluded.

He said, "Since Rwanda and AFC/M23 share the goal of protecting the Tutsi in Congo from groups including the FDLR, and other aid from the Congolese army, the FARDC has extremist ideas, my country's interests extend to: and preventing another genocide from being carried out by enemies from outside the border as happened in the 1990s, which would endanger the very existence of Rwanda."

During those talks, Amb Mathilde Mukantabana said that Rwanda does not want to dictate the course of events in Congolese politics, nor does it support armed groups to establish permanent rule.

He said, "Our activities are limited to ensuring the security of the Rwandan people, by preventing the dangers of genocide from across the border."

He explained that the security measures taken by Rwanda will be reviewed as these security concerns will decrease, in line with the implementation of the agreements signed in Washington.