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La France réaffirme le caractère humanitaire de son opération au Rwanda mais des dissonances commencent à se faire sentir
Card Number 35113
Number
35113
Author
Cormery, Antoine
Author
López, Bruno
Date
6 juillet 1994
Ymd
19940706
Time
08:00:00
Time zone
CEST
Uptitle
Journal de 8 heures [1:17]
Title
La France réaffirme le caractère humanitaire de son opération au Rwanda mais des dissonances commencent à se faire sentir
Subtitle
Les rebelles du FPR sont à présent à une dizaine de kilomètres de la zone humanitaire de sécurité.
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Public records
Type
Journal télévisé
Language
en
Abstract
- In Rwanda the RPF rebels, who now hold three-quarters of the country, have halted their advance only about ten kilometers from French troops. France reaffirms the humanitarian nature of the operation, but discord is beginning to emerge.
- They are greeted with cheers. It is the rebels of the Rwandan Patriotic Front who have taken Kigali, the capital. They are now about ten kilometers from the humanitarian security zone established by French forces.
- The RPF commander announced the imminent formation of a government and sought to calm things down by declaring that he would not seek confrontation. François Mitterrand, for his part, reaffirmed the humanitarian nature of the French operation: "France does not intend to conduct a military operation... in Rwanda against anyone".
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, approves this French plan for a humanitarian security zone. But France's choice also arouses opposition. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing believes that the French intervention has gone too far and that we must bring our forces back to the border. However, the French contingent could well reach 2,500 men.
- They are greeted with cheers. It is the rebels of the Rwandan Patriotic Front who have taken Kigali, the capital. They are now about ten kilometers from the humanitarian security zone established by French forces.
- The RPF commander announced the imminent formation of a government and sought to calm things down by declaring that he would not seek confrontation. François Mitterrand, for his part, reaffirmed the humanitarian nature of the French operation: "France does not intend to conduct a military operation... in Rwanda against anyone".
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, approves this French plan for a humanitarian security zone. But France's choice also arouses opposition. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing believes that the French intervention has gone too far and that we must bring our forces back to the border. However, the French contingent could well reach 2,500 men.