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Interview du ministre des Affaires étrangères, M. Alain Juppé, à la radio Africa n° 1

Card Number 17398

Number
17398
Author
Juppé, Alain
Date
11 avril 1994
Ymd
19940411
Uptitle
Paris
Title
Interview du ministre des Affaires étrangères, M. Alain Juppé, à la radio Africa n° 1
Cote
Pol. Etr. mars-avril 1994 pp. 149-150
Size
314636 bytes
Pages nb.
2
Source
Public records
Type
Interview
Language
FR
Abstract
Alain Juppé, Minister of Foreign Affairs, believes that France's role is not to restore order through its soldiers throughout the African continent. We cannot replace the responsibility of African actors themselves.
Comment
At a time when the Minister of Foreign Affairs Alain Juppé is justifying his refusal to send soldiers to "re-establish order" in Rwanda, French soldiers are standing by in Kigali, weapons drawn, watching innocent people being massacred. While he calls for a "return to the logic of the Arusha Accords", a French military officer refuse to protect Boniface Ngulinzira, the Rwandan government's chief negotiator of these accords. The French abandoned him to the killers, who executed him on April 11, 1994. On the same day, the French ambassador sent to Paris a request for military support to the organizers of the massacres.