France and Rwanda can now "have a good relationship"

France and Rwanda now have the opportunity to build "

", said Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday, after the publication in March of a report by French historians concluding that

Paris had "

" in the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994.

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I can live with "

" said Mr. Kagame, present in Paris for a summit on African debt, in an interview with France 24 and RFI. "

," he adds, as the question of France's role in the genocide has poisoned relations between Paris and Kigali for more than 25 years.

The conclusions of the Duclert report, corroborated a few weeks later by a report commissioned by Kigali from an American law firm, constitute "

" said Mr. Kagame, for whom "

”.

Asked about the question of the “

” that France could possibly make, like Belgium shortly after the genocide, Mr. Kagame considered that the decision was up to Paris, while stressing that he “would

” the gesture. .

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Referring to the question of genocidal suspects present on French soil, he felt that "

" to prosecute them. In particular, he considered that Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of the ex-Rwandan president, was "

". Paris has always refused to extradite Ms. Habyarimana, suspected of being involved in the genocide, which she disputes. An investigation targeting it has been open in Paris since 2008. The question of France's role before, during and after the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda has been a hot topic for years and has even led to the breakdown of diplomatic relations between Paris. and Kigali between 2006 and 2009.

The Duclert report concluded with the “

” and the “

” of the then socialist president François Mitterrand in the face of the genocide. The genocide left more than 800,000 dead, mainly within the Tutsi minority, between April and July 1994.