In a responding letter from Burundi's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government of that country said that due to an already scheduled calendar, it was not possible for President Evariste Ndayishimiye to attend the mini-summit; which would have included the President of Rwanda and Uganda.
Instead they have proposed that a bilateral meeting, at a ministerial level, be held between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi. Such meeting will discuss issues relating to security along the shared border; Burundi also wants to talk about economic interests and the management of the coronavirus pandemic at the border posts.
The letter also praised the excellent and brotherly relations enjoyed by both countries, emphasising Burundi's commitment to maintain such relations.
The DRC President Felix Tshisekedi had sent a letter to President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Uganda's Yoweri Museveni and Burundi's Evariste Ndayishimiye, to attend a mini-summit in the Congolese city of Goma, which was to be held between the 09th and 13th of September 2020.
Relations among these countries have been patchy for decades and is believed to be one of the main causes of the instability and killings in the eastern parts of Congo.
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