Kigali — The Prosecution is dissatisfied with the move by the French Ministry of Defence to declassify 105 intelligence documents. The documents are to be handed to the judge who is investigating the role of French soldiers in the 1994 Genocide.
"That is not enough, let them sanction the inventions to kick off and let them come here to find out the real truth of what happened," said Rukangira, who was reacting to the French Defence Minister, Michele Alliot-Marie's order, in respect to a lawsuit filed by four Rwandan survivors, accusing French soldiers of complicity in the Genocide.
Rukangira stressed that the French were obliged to tell the world about what happened in Rwanda during the Genocide.
"It was simply not a favour to Rwanda; they are trying to fulfil their obligation," he said and added: "Let them expedite the process and everything will be fine with us."
He further castigated the French defence ministry which decided to terminate investigations by Brigitte Renaud, saying little had been achieved in regard to the investigations since then.
"For instance, the one who was appointed (Renaud's replacement) has been talking of coming here for several months but she has not," Rukangira said on Friday.
Contacted, the head of the commission instituted by Rwanda to investigate the role of France in the Genocide said that his commission would not benefit much from the information contained in the reports.
"It is of much more benefit to the Prosecution but we are in touch and we are aware of the announcement by the French defence ministry," Jean de Dieu Mucyo, himself a former Prosecutor General, said on phone last week.

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