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Genocide: French historian Duclert submits his report to Paul Kagame

2021-04-09T20:52:48.891Z


French historian Vincent Duclert delivered a copy of his report on France's role in the 1994 Tutsi genocide to President Paul Kagame in Kigali on Friday, an AFP journalist noted. Vincent Duclert had submitted on March 26 to French President Emmanuel Macron the report of the commission he chaired and which, after two years of archive analysis, considered that France bore "heavy and overwhelming res


French historian Vincent Duclert delivered a copy of his report on France's role in the 1994 Tutsi genocide to President Paul Kagame in Kigali on Friday, an AFP journalist noted.

Vincent Duclert had submitted on March 26 to French President Emmanuel Macron the report of the commission he chaired and which, after two years of archive analysis, considered that France bore

"heavy and overwhelming responsibilities"

in the tragedy .

Read also: Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda: a report submitted to Macron points to the "overwhelming responsibilities" of France

Paul Kagame and Vincent Duclert discussed for an hour the conclusions of the report, a copy of which was personally delivered to the Rwandan president.

“I was very happy to be able to submit to President Paul Kagame the report of my team, of this research commission, which worked a lot to complete this scientific work, which was intended for the sponsor, President Emmanuel Macron but (.. .) also to other presidents, and particularly to President Paul Kagame, ”

Vincent Duclert told several journalists after the interview.

The historian recalled the report drawn up by the report of the

"overwhelming responsibilities of France, which did not understand anything, which did not measure the seriousness of its action in Rwanda, and which contributed to the genocidal process without knowing it. , and what we establish in the report is an overwhelming responsibility, and this is precisely what Paul Kagame and the Rwandans know ”.

“Basically we spoke the same language (with Paul Kagame), we spoke of the same facts,”

he added.

According to the UN, this genocide left more than 800,000 dead, mainly Tutsi exterminated between April and July 1994.

On Wednesday, during the commemoration ceremonies for the 27th anniversary of the genocide, President Kagame welcomed the findings of the report, calling it

"an important step forward"

.

For his part, Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta also welcomed the Duclert report on Friday, which

“will bring something important to understanding the past”.

“If you understand the past well, it means that you can build a future together,”

he added.

Paris announced on Wednesday the opening to the general public of important archives, in particular those of the former socialist president François Mitterrand in power at the time of the genocide.

Source: lefigaro

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