United Nations: French President Nicholas
Sarkozy has admitted the mistakes made by France during the
1994 genocide in Rwanda as he became the first French leader
to visit the African country since the shocking massacre.
Around 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed
within 100 days, in most cases by crude instruments like clubs
and machetes, during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
"We are not here to have fun, to fiddle with vocabulary,"
Sarkozy said adding, "What happened here is unacceptable the
international community, including France, to reflect on the
mistakes that prevented it from anticipating and stopping this
terrible crime."
While meeting his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame Sarkozy
admitted that both France and the international community were
at fault while providing help to the Tutsis.
Rwandans believe that France supported Hutus attack on
Tutsis by training and arming Hutu extremists an allegation
vehemently denied by Paris.
PTI
