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The President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, held France fully responsible for the genocide in Rwanda against the Tutsi ethnic group in 1994.
Russia Today quoted the President of Rwanda as saying in a speech that his country is about to publish a report highlighting France's responsibility for the genocide and that the report will give the French a better understanding of what exactly happened, and we are excited about this step, indicating that Rwanda will publish in the third week of April the results of the study Historians conducted it in parallel with their French colleagues and reached the same conclusions.
The Rwandan President referred to the importance of recognizing the fact that genocide occurred in his country in 1994, expressing his surprise that the legality of naming these events by their real name is still a subject of debate 27 years after their occurrence.
Kagame explained that the French, who for two years studied the secret documents and reached the conclusion that French President Francois Mitterrand and his close associates, knew that the Hutus were planning a genocide against the Tutsi, but despite this they continued to support the Hutus because they saw in this a geopolitical interest of France.
A report issued by a committee of French historians revealed that France bears great and grave responsibility for the events that led to the genocide against the Tutsi minority in Rwanda in 1994.
According to the report, France, which has intervened in Rwanda since the 1990s, overlooked preparations for genocide in Rwanda, noting at the same time that nothing proves Paris' complicity in the genocide.
The Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation welcomed the commission's report on France’s role in the 1994 genocide, noting that it represented an important step towards a common understanding of France’s role in the genocide against the Tutsi.
The genocide against the Tutsi minority left at least 800,000 people, according to the United Nations.
