Les soldats français ont déjà pénétré de 100 kilomètres à l'intérieur du territoire rwandais et se trouvent à 20 kilomètres seulement de la ligne de front

Rochot, Philippe

27 juin 1994

19940627

20:00:00

CEST

Journal de 20 heures [1:33]

Les soldats français ont déjà pénétré de 100 kilomètres à l'intérieur du territoire rwandais et se trouvent à 20 kilomètres seulement de la ligne de front

Il serait facile de désarmer les miliciens mais les soldats français ont ordre de ne pas engager le combat.

NyarushishiGermanosInterahamwefr2.mp4

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France 2

INA

Émission télévisée (vidéo)

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- The 1,500 men who arrived in Zaire and Rwanda reported tension today. In the Tutsi refugee camps, however, they are welcome: they are preparing for the arrival of humanitarian assistance which is to be put in place tomorrow [June 28] and will make it possible to treat the 8,000 refugees in this Nyarushishi camp.
- But French soldiers have already penetrated 100 kilometers inside Rwandan territory and are only 20 kilometers from the front line. It was there that they met Hutu refugees who had fled the advance of soldiers from the Rwandan Patriotic Front and also showed us the face of distress.
- The progression towards the unknown worries those responsible for Operation Turquoise. General Raymond Germanos: "We don't know exactly what can happen from one valley to another. And that's what we want to know in order to be able to provide help and assistance".
- The unknown for the French soldiers, it is perhaps militias which do not want to submit and which are trained to fight against the advance of the Rwandan Patriotic Front. It would be easy to disarm them but the French soldiers have orders not to engage in combat.

The 20 o'clock news of France 2 of June 27, 1994 is visible in its entirety here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXVPgCdQT5U