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Les Français ont mis en place hier [4 juillet] une zone humanitaire dans le Sud-Ouest du pays
Card Number 35186
Number
35186
Author
Cormery, Antoine
Author
Mousset, Benoît
Date
5 juillet 1994
Ymd
19940705
Time
07:00:00
Time zone
CEST
Uptitle
Journal de 7 heures
Title
Les Français ont mis en place hier [4 juillet] une zone humanitaire dans le Sud-Ouest du pays
Subtitle
Le risque d'affrontement avec les éléments avancés des rebelles est chaque jour plus important.
Size
20350 bytes
Pages nb.
2
Source
Public records
Type
Transcription d'une émission de télévision
Language
en
Abstract
- In Rwanda, while Kigali and Butare are now in the hands of the RPF, the French established a humanitarian zone yesterday [July 4] in the southwest of the country. But the risk of confrontation with the rebels' advanced elements is increasing every day.
- Their mission is no longer limited to a strictly humanitarian duty, such as identifying and protecting civilians. Since yesterday [July 4], their scope of action has expanded: the French military will be able to use force if necessary to halt the Rwandan Patriotic Front's westward advance.
- Because Kigali, the capital, and Butare, the country's second largest city, fell yesterday [July 4]. The rebels are now heading towards sectors where Operation Turquoise units are deployed.
- In Gikongoro, about thirty kilometers from Butare, the operation's headquarters. A headquarters meeting. The paratroopers have reinforced their positions. This morning, 300 reinforcements joined the 150 troops already present around a 10-kilometer perimeter that the Patriotic Front rebels are not allowed to cross.
- Admiral Lanxade, Chief of Staff: "The orders given to the French forces are to ensure the integrity of the Safe Humanitarian Zone. That's all. And to allow humanitarian action to develop. There is only an adjustment of the orders in light of the evolving situation!".
- For its part, the RPF affirms its intention to continue and reiterates that France is currently far from the humanitarian mission it was assigned by the United Nations.
- François Mitterrand is on an official visit to South Africa.
- Their mission is no longer limited to a strictly humanitarian duty, such as identifying and protecting civilians. Since yesterday [July 4], their scope of action has expanded: the French military will be able to use force if necessary to halt the Rwandan Patriotic Front's westward advance.
- Because Kigali, the capital, and Butare, the country's second largest city, fell yesterday [July 4]. The rebels are now heading towards sectors where Operation Turquoise units are deployed.
- In Gikongoro, about thirty kilometers from Butare, the operation's headquarters. A headquarters meeting. The paratroopers have reinforced their positions. This morning, 300 reinforcements joined the 150 troops already present around a 10-kilometer perimeter that the Patriotic Front rebels are not allowed to cross.
- Admiral Lanxade, Chief of Staff: "The orders given to the French forces are to ensure the integrity of the Safe Humanitarian Zone. That's all. And to allow humanitarian action to develop. There is only an adjustment of the orders in light of the evolving situation!".
- For its part, the RPF affirms its intention to continue and reiterates that France is currently far from the humanitarian mission it was assigned by the United Nations.
- François Mitterrand is on an official visit to South Africa.