Late on Friday, the African Union's Peace and Security Council authorized the deployment of an African Prevention and Protection Mission (MAPROBU) for an initial six-month period to stop escalating violence in the country.
"We will not allow foreign troops in Burundi. We don't need them. We have a legal and democratically elected government that should be consulted before making such decisions," Gervais Abayeho told Al Jazeera.
"We are a troop-contributing country to several African Union peacekeeping missions in Africa and now they want to bring peacekeepers to our country? Why don't they just return our troops if they think we need help here?" Abayeho said.
In April, Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would run for a third presidential term in the July 21 election, which is not allowed by the country's constitution, triggering violent unrest.
The opposition boycotted the elections, in which Nkurunziza won 69 percent of the vote, prompting nationwide protests.
