Alain Tribert Mutabazi is a Burundian politician who was the governor of northern Province of Kirundo and later was appointed Minister of Defense.
[4] In August 2023 Mutabazi travelled to Moscow to attend an International Military-Technical Forum organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
He met with defense officials and the Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport to discuss impleemtation of the military-technical agreement the two countries had signed the previous year.
[citation needed] In April 2024 Mutabazi said that the Burundi National Defense Force (FDNB) wanted good relations with all countries, and was non-aligned with the great powers over military cooperation, including the European Union, Russian Federation and United States of America.
[5] As of June 2024 Alain Tribert Mutabazi continued to hold office as Minister of National Defense and Veterans Affairs.