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François Léotard réplique aux critiques sur l'opération française au Rwanda
Card Number 36571
Number
36571
Date
6 juillet 1994
Ymd
19940706
Time
23:00:00
Time zone
CEST
Uptitle
Journal de 23 heures
Title
François Léotard réplique aux critiques sur l'opération française au Rwanda
Size
14085 bytes
Pages nb.
1
Source
Public records
Type
Transcription d'une émission de télévision
Language
FR
Abstract
- François Léotard is responding to criticism regarding the French operation in Rwanda. This morning, the Belgian Defense Minister expressed the view that a purely humanitarian intervention was no longer adequate. And yesterday [July 5], Valéry Giscard d'Estaing called for a withdrawal of French forces.
- François Léotard: "To claim that we could, given the new situation and the hundreds of thousands of refugees coming from Zaire, ensure the protection of more than a million people is neither reasonable nor responsible. Because it simply isn't true! Because it is completely impossible! And if we were to leave these camps now, as is being proposed, the atrocities and massacres would resume. Who could fail to understand that? So, if such statements are made for reasons of domestic politics, I find that regrettable. It undermines the credibility of those who speak in such terms".
- François Léotard: "To claim that we could, given the new situation and the hundreds of thousands of refugees coming from Zaire, ensure the protection of more than a million people is neither reasonable nor responsible. Because it simply isn't true! Because it is completely impossible! And if we were to leave these camps now, as is being proposed, the atrocities and massacres would resume. Who could fail to understand that? So, if such statements are made for reasons of domestic politics, I find that regrettable. It undermines the credibility of those who speak in such terms".