Rwandan President Paul Kagame says he's concerned by what he saw as a U.S. failure to characterize the 1994 massacres as a genocide against the country’s minority Tutsis. Kagame told reporters that the issue was an “element of discussion” in talks with former U.S.
Rwanda n President Paul Kagame , left, and his wife, first lady Jeannette Kagame arrive for a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the Rwanda n genocide, held at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, in Kigali , Rwanda , Sunday, April 7, 2024. Rwanda ns are commemorating 30 years since the genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed by government-backed extremists, shattering this small east Africa n country that continues to grapple with the horrific legacy of the massacres.
“Give us that day,” he said, adding that criticism over “everything we are thought not to have at all” is unwanted on the genocide anniversary.Though Rwanda has come a long way since the 1994 genocide, scars of the past still haunt the nationRwandan authorities insist any ambiguity on who the genocide victims were is an attempt to distort history and disrespects the memory of the victims.
Kagame has previously said that his forces showed restraint. He said in a speech Sunday that Rwandans are disgusted by what he described as the hypocrisy of Western nations that failed to stop the genocide. Rwandan authorities also face questions over how to present commemoration activities in a way that acknowledges the efforts of some Hutus to protect their Tutsi neighbors.
Although Kagame is a U.S. ally and has friendly relations with many Western leaders, he is under growing pressure over Rwanda’s military involvement in eastern Congo, whereas the two countries’ leaders accuse one another of supporting armed groups. In February, the U.S. urged Rwanda to withdrawal its troops and missile systems from eastern Congo, for the first time describing the M23 as a Rwanda-backed rebel group.
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