Rwanda: for Macron, France “could have stopped the genocide with its allies” but “did not have the will”

Emmanuel Macron believes that “

France, which could have stopped the genocide with its Western and African allies, did not have the will

,” the Élysée reported on April 4, 2024, 3 days before the 30th anniversary of the start 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.

French President Emmanuel Macron giving a speech alongside the Austrian Chancellor during a press conference before a working lunch at the Elysée in Paris, April 4, 2024. AFP - MOHAMMED BADRA

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