Kigali — Taking action against Genocide fugitives in Europe is slow and taking longer than expected.
United Kingdom's High Commissioner to Rwanda, Nicholas Cannon, said this on Tuesday during celebrations to mark Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's birthday at his residence in Kigali.
"Action against Genocide fugitives in Europe, is taking longer than we hoped at first, but we are seeing an increasing determination on the part of the international community to deal with those cases," he said.
He added that, soon they will reach a breakthrough that will enable the fugitives to be extradited to Rwanda to face trial.
Cannon said that the relationship between UK and Rwanda continues to strengthen and deepen.
"Our development assistance to Rwanda this financial year is expected to amount to 60m, two thirds of this in direct support to the Rwandan budget," he noted.
"We have to focus our development efforts on places where we see visible, rapid results and Rwanda is one of our foremost development partners in this regard".
He stressed that some of Rwanda's successes have acted as a model to other countries in the region.
During the function, Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo assured the UK government and other development partners that there will be no regrets for taking that option of channelling some assistance through direct budget support.
"As we celebrate the birthday of Her Majesty the Queen, I would like to seize the opportunity to express the appreciation of the good relationship between both countries," she stressed.
Mushikiwabo acknowledged that UK was among the first countries to recognise that the government of Rwanda can effectively manage financial and technical assistance extended to it.
The queen's birthday is celebrated twice a year - privately on April 21, her actual birthday, and again with an official national celebration in June.
Her Majesty is eight-four years old this year and has reigned for fifty-eight years.
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On Her Majesty's birthday, why is the High Commissioner talking about genocide? I don't get it. I thought a birthday was a time for celebration.
As for the High Commissioner praising Kagame's Kangaroo courts, I guess the High Commissioner has been asleep in the past couple of months while the rest of the world watched with horror the extremists in power in Rwanda abusing the justice system.
I think that is a good idea for her majesty to think others than herself on herself. The world watched the buchers killing during genocide, now it is time to get up and put those killers into justice. Thank you your Majesty
Mukaclau, the biggest killer in Rwanda who has killed millions of Rwandans and Congolese is Kagame. So, let us start with him and we can get to the other killers afterwards.
Aimable, you got a problem of humanity.The high commissioner was northing but being humurous-its called a sense of humour.Its coomon sense for everyone who say a word of sympanthy to Rwandans after 1994.Its definate that you are a just a disgrantled person especially about your own country.How pathetic is that.
Mukeshimana, hell yes I will be disgruntled as long as extremist mass murderers in the RPF are in power and pretending to be angels. I know it is very difficult for you to comprehend because in your mind you think that all Tutsis are angels. But those of us who have had our relatives and friends exterminated by extremist Tutsis led by General Kagame, we know that there is no difference between them and the Interahamwes. As long as extremists, whether extremist Tutsis or extremist Hutus are in power and continuing their oppression of moderates, I will speak up. Thank you very much!
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