We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again.

Rwanda is rebuilding itself once again as one nation and that is the reason why we are making progress. Now many Rwandans are making their ends meet and others are able to do better than they have before.

Democracy holds little appeal for people who are struggling to survive.

Rwanda has its own problems and never sought to blame others or cause others trouble. I advise Burundi to do the same.

When people accuse us of taking coltan from Congo, I don't understand what they mean. The quality of our own coltan here from Rwanda is much better. But still people from the UN come here, we show them our coltan mines, we show them the documents, then they go and say: Rwanda smuggles coltan.

The situation in Congo shows nothing for which you could hold Rwanda responsible.

Moving container from Kigali to Mombasa used to take 22 days, now it takes 6 days.