Philippe Wojazer, AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron meets representatives of the Ibuka association for the memory of Rwanda’s genocide at the Elysee Palace on April 5, 2019.
The commission of eight researchers and historians “will be tasked with consulting all France’s archives relating to the genocide […] in order to analyse the role and engagement of France during that period,” the presidency said in a statement.
Relations have improved in the past decade, though Macron caused disappointment among genocide survivors by turning down an invitation to attend this weekend’s genocide commemorations in Rwanda.