Macron acknowledges some French responsibility in Rwandan genocide and asks forgiveness

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that France bears partial responsibility for the Rwandan genocide, a historic acknowledgment that could mark a watershed moment in the fragile relations between the two countries.

Speaking at a memorial for victims of the genocide in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, Macron said that France ignored warnings of a genocide in 1994 and that it bears “overwhelming responsibility in a spiral that ended in the worst.”