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Macron’s speech at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, 27 May 2021

Speech by President Macron at the Gisozi memorial; the advance text says France was not an accomplice and that its responsibility was “accablante”.

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27 May 2021 Macron’s speech at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, 27 May 2021
27 May 2021 Emmanuel Macron authored Macron’s speech at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, 27 May 2021

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President Emmanuel Macron visits Rwanda (news item with the English of his words and President Kagame’s reply), Government of Rwanda (Embassy of Rwanda in Japan), 27 May 2021. Primary record
His words were something more valuable than an apology: they were the truth
In his address at the memorial, President Macron said that only survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi can forgive France for her historical and political responsibility in Rwanda.
Discours du Président de la République au Mémorial du génocide perpétré contre les Tutsis, Kigali, 27 mai 2021 (advance text marked under embargo; copy hosted by francegenocidetutsi.org; the delivered words may differ), Présidence de la République française, 27 May 2021. Primary record
Les tueurs qui hantaient les marais, les collines, les églises n’avaient pas le visage de la France. Elle n’a pas été complice.

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