In Kigali, French President Emmanuel Macron asked Rwandans for “forgiveness” for France’s role in the 1994 killings. What was France’s role in the killings? In May 2019, President Macron, promising a new beginning with Rwanda, set up a 15-member expert committee to investigate his country’s role in the genocide. Rwanda had commissioned a separate inquiry, which concluded in a report submitted to the Cabinet in April that France “enabled” the genocide. In a visit to Rwanda in 2017, Pope Francis asked for forgiveness for the Church’s role in the killings.

Source: The Hindu May 28, 2021 10:25 UTC