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François Léotard : « Je suis déçu de voir que les appels de la France ne sont pas écoutés comme ils devraient l'être »

Card Number 32606

Number
32606
Author
Cachart, Éric
Author
Babey, Pierre
Author
Tual, Joseph
Date
29 juin 1994
Ymd
19940629
Time
19:30:00
Time zone
CEST
Uptitle
Journal de 19 heures 30 [1:28]
Title
François Léotard : « Je suis déçu de voir que les appels de la France ne sont pas écoutés comme ils devraient l'être »
Subtitle
Pas question pour la France de faire de l'interposition mais seulement de la sauvegarde de vies humaines.
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6074393 bytes
Source
Type
Journal télévisé
Language
FR
Abstract
- Defense Minister François Léotard is in Rwanda. He has been inspecting the entire Operation Turquoise system since this morning.
- First contacts this afternoon for François Léotard with the Rwandan refugees. It was here in Nyarushishi, which hosts 8,000 displaced people. The whole country would have 800,000.
- No question for France to intervene but only to save human lives. The big problem is that apart from the humanitarian organizations, France is quite alone in the face of the immensity of the Rwandan drama.
- François Léotard: "For my part, I am a little disappointed to see that France's calls are not listened to as they should be. Firstly by the African community: it is a crisis that we wish that it can be managed, and increasingly, by the Africans themselves, and also by the Europeans since we believe that, in an action which has been approved by WEU, they could make an extra effort. I do not despair. I think that the Minister of Foreign Affairs continues to work to obtain these aids. For the moment, they are very modest. No need to hide the truth".
- François Léotard confirmed it today to the military: the French presence has an end which is fixed for July 31st. Until then, the UN or the OAU will have to find other contingents.