France led Operation Turquoise, a military-humanitarian intervention launched under a UN mandate between June and August 1994. Its critics believe that it was in reality aimed at supporting the genocidal Hutu government.
The French inquiry concluded France had been blinded by its colonial attitude to Africa to events leading up to the genocide and consequently bore âserious and overwhelmingâ responsibility, but was not complicit in the genocide.
The two detailed reports could mark a turning point in relations between the two countries, despite their contrasting conclusions.
Rwandaâs foreign affairs minister, Vincent Biruta, said the small but strategic country of 13 million people was ready for a ânew relationshipâ with France.
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