Sarkozy’s visit ushers in a new phase in Rwanda-France relations
Demonstrators gather before protesting against the arrest of Rwanda’s chief of protocol Rose Kabuye by German authorities on November 19, 2008. Photo/REUTERS
The planned visit to Rwanda by President Nicolas Sarkozy on February 26 — the first of its kind by a French head of state since the 1994 genocide — is expected to boost ties between the two countries whose diplomatic relations have remained unstable for years.
Speaking to journalists in Kigali, President Paul Kagame confirmed that the visit was on and that it had “implications on how we carry forward this relationship (between France and Rwanda).”
