Emmanuel Macron believes that “France, which could have stopped the genocide with its Western and African allies, did not have the will”, reported the Élysée on April 4, 2024, 3 days before the 30th anniversary of the massacres. The French president, who had already recognized in 2021 France's “ responsibility ” in the genocide, will speak on the subject on April 7 “ through a video which will be published on his social networks ”, affirmed those around him.