The Rwandan government responded with an official communiqué, flatly refusing any involvement in the breaches of the ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), instead launching specific accusations against the armies of the Congo and Burundi for the violation of the peace accords signed in Washington.

In a strongly worded communiqué published on the 10th of December, 2025, the Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation declared that “the responsibility of the violations of the cease-fire, the attacks, the fighting, in the province of South Kivu, DRC, cannot be attributed to the Rwandan State.” This communiqué was published as a direct reaction to the accusations made by Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi the previous day.

The government accused the forces of the DRC and the army of Burundi of the attacks, claiming they have “been systematically bombing civilian villages near the Rwandan border using fighter planes and attack drones.” According to Rwanda, the armed group AFC/M23 had been compelled to defend against these attacks.

The communiqué issued by the government of Kigali stated that there were serious humanitarian repercussions, quoting: “Over 1,000 Congolese refugees have crossed the border into Bugarama, a village in Western Rwanda, following an attack perpetrated from the territory of Burundi.” It also quoted that Burundians were responsible for the buildup of “near 20,000 troops in the province of South Kivu, and the siege of several villages.”

Rwanda blamed the DRC for negotiating in bad faith, when the DRC “openly stated that it would not observe any ceasefire.” This assessment declared, “It is now clear that the DRC was never ready to commit to peace.”

The formal statement concluded by calling for a “return to full implementation of the Washington Accords” and the completion of outstanding annexes from the previous Doha Agreement.