The government of Rwanda is concerned with no response to the rebuttal it gave to accusations by the UN Group of Experts (GoE) on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) crisis, said John Rwangombwa, Rwanda's Minister of Finance and Economic Planning.

He made the remarks Wednesday while speaking at the ongoing East African Community (EAC) Economists summit in Kigali.

The two-day forum, organized by the Economist Conferences, has brought together international business leaders and policymakers to engage in frank and open debates on East Africa's economic prospects.

"We have given our rebuttal but our concern is that we haven't had any response on our rebuttal. This is completely violation of the principles of aid effectiveness and partnership between the donors and the recipient countries," said Rwangombwa.

Answering the questions from the press, the finance minister expressed frustration about the way actions are being taken on Rwanda without responding to the accusations' rebuttal the country sent a couple of months back.

The UN Group of Experts first accused Rwanda of backing the M23 rebels in an addendum to an interim report to the UN Sanctions Committee on June 21, 2012 consequently Rwanda produced a rebuttal to the allegations and forwarded it to the UN Sanctions Committee.

"Within our principles of Development Cooperation and rules of engagement with our development partner, if the donors are concerned with our behaviors, normally we engage them in dialogue but whatever happens shouldn't affect our ongoing fiscal year plans," Rwangombwa explained.

"It's only the donor taking the decision over the recipient. It's really against the principle of aid effectiveness."

He said, the aid cut will delay the country's ambition of achieving the vision 2020, adding that Rwanda is focusing on reducing the aid dependence which he termed as "very risky" to recipient countries if they continue to depend on aid.

The summit held under the theme "Infrastructure and growth: government and business in dialogue" will also discuss other topical issues, including removing trade barriers; youth and employment; and opportunities in ICT, technology, mining, transport and agriculture.

Also to be highlighted are the future trading prospects for East Africa in a globalized economy, including examining markets which will perform strongest in coming years, the most compelling opportunities for investors, and the practical steps governments should take to ensure the region maximizes its economic potential.

According to Mizengo Pinda, Tanzania's Prime Minister, the EAC countries should focus on developing an enabling environment for the private sector to grow in a bid to allow countries to be aid dependent.

"Developing infrastructure, promoting ICT development, regional integration and combating of corruption should be put at the forefront of the EAC economies," he said.