{"id":43596,"date":"2021-05-27T10:05:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T10:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/macron-honors-genocide-victims-at-kigali-memorial\/"},"modified":"2021-05-31T07:53:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T07:53:50","slug":"macron-honors-genocide-victims-at-kigali-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/macron-honors-genocide-victims-at-kigali-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron honors Genocide victims at Kigali Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As he arrived at Kigali International Airport today morning, Macron was welcomed by Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Vincent Biruta. <\/p>\n<p>He was later welcomed by his counterpart of Rwanda, Paul Kagame at Village Urugwiro around 9am from where he headed to Kigali Genocide Memorial.  <\/p>\n<p>At the memorial, Macron has been welcomed by the Minister of Justice and State Attorney General, Johnston Busingye and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr.  Vincent Biruta among others.  <\/p>\n<p>Before laying wreaths at the mass graves, Macron toured different facilities at the memorial to learn more about tragic history that led to the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi.<\/p>\n<p>Macron is the second French President visiting Kigali Genocide Memorial after Nicolas Sarkozy in February 2010.  <\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Dria and parliamentarians including Herv\u00e9 Berville hailing from Nyamirambo in Rwanda are among top officials accompanying Macron on his historical visit.<\/p>\n<p>Macron is in Rwanda for two-day maiden visit since he took office in 2017. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-38543 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gettyimages-69a0-74c3e.jpg\" alt=\"French President, Emmanuel Macron has visited Kigali Genocide Memorial where he paid tribute to over 250,000 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi laid 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