Rwanda’s foreign affairs minister said his country talked with the Trump administration to accept illegal immigrants the U.S. tried to deport to countries that refused repatriations.

“It is true that we are in discussions with the United States,” Olivier Nduhungirehe told the state-owned Rwanda Broadcasting Agency on Sunday, according to The Hill. “These talks are still ongoing, and it would be premature to conclude how they will unfold.”

Nduhungirehe said the talks were “not new to us,” as Rwanda had agreed to accept migrants deported by the U.K., the BBC reported. But Britain abandoned the plan, which faced numerous legal challenges after Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labor government took office last year.

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