{"id":13763,"date":"2014-04-09T09:18:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T09:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/france-calls-genocide-complict-claims-disgraceful\/"},"modified":"2014-04-15T02:21:03","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T02:21:03","slug":"france-calls-genocide-complict-claims-disgraceful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/france-calls-genocide-complict-claims-disgraceful\/","title":{"rendered":"France Calls Genocide Complict Claims ‘Disgraceful’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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{{The French Prime Minister Manuel Valls (pictured above) said on Tuesday accusations by Rwanda government that France was complicit in the genocide that killed a million people were “disgraceful”, the firmest rebuttal since a row broke out between the countries.}}<\/p>\n

France was a principal ally of the Rwanda’s genocidal government. <\/p>\n

“I cannot accept these disgraceful accusations that suggest France could have been complicit in a genocide in Rwanda when its honour is to always separate fighting factions,” Valls said in a speech to parliament presenting his new government’s policies.<\/p>\n

While Paris has acknowledged mistakes in its dealings with Rwanda, it has repeatedly dismissed accusations it trained militias to take part in the 1994 massacres.<\/p>\n

French President Francois Hollande, who had met Kagame in Brussels last week, avoided reference to the row on Monday saying in a statement that Paris stood by Rwandans to honour the memory of the victims. <\/p>\n

French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said: “There was a warm meeting between president (Hollande) and Kagame in Brussels which is why we were extremely surprised by these statements.<\/p>\n

“France did what was possible to save populations and avoid this genocide. Sadly there was a collective failure of the international community, but at the heart of this, France was exemplary.”<\/p>\n

Nadal said France hoped to continue its existing cooperation and dialogue with Rwanda, but there had to be “mutual respect”, which was not the case with Kagame’s comments.<\/p>\n

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