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Rwanda has severed diplomatic ties<\/strong> with Belgium and ordered all Belgian diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours<\/strong>, escalating tensions between the two nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement issued on Monday<\/strong>, Rwanda\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation<\/strong> accused Belgium of consistently undermining Kigali<\/strong> in relation to the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, Belgium announced that Rwandan diplomats would no longer be welcome<\/strong> in the country, further deepening the diplomatic fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move marks a significant shift in Rwanda-Belgium relations<\/strong>, with both nations now at odds over their stance on the conflict in eastern DRC<\/strong>, where Rwanda has been accused of supporting the M23 rebel group<\/strong>\u2014allegations Kigali has repeatedly denied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rwanda has severed diplomatic ties with Belgium and ordered all Belgian diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours, escalating tensions between the two nations. In a statement issued on Monday, Rwanda\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation accused Belgium of consistently undermining Kigali in relation to the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news","category-political-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Rwanda Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Belgium. | Getu Fm","description":"","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=17377","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"business,news,political news","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"iErbWWZbgqhFeFMPcqeU1bfB7LC_C_70GPQUr_BVDuA","miscellaneous":""},"schema":null,"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Getu Fm | Gaka Ni Getu","og:type":"article","og:title":"Rwanda Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Belgium. | Getu Fm","og:url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=17377","og:image":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rwanda.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rwanda.jpg","og:image:width":1160,"og:image:height":694,"article:published_time":"2025-03-17T15:05:08+00:00","article:modified_time":"2025-03-17T15:05:10+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/getufmradio","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@getufmradio","twitter:title":"Rwanda Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Belgium. | Getu Fm","twitter:creator":"@getufmradio","twitter:image":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rwanda.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"17377","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2025-03-17 15:01:19","updated":"2025-07-09 08:00:43","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"

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