Presidency | Rwanda
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“The memorial before us is powerful, because it sets the truth in stone and protects it from the heartlessness of time, by instructing the living. It is not a validation, because none is needed. But it will stand as a mark of respect for the dignity of Rwandans and our history.” President Kagame | Inauguration of Monument in Paris honouring the victims of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi.
Presidency | Rwanda23,865 次观看 • 4 天前
"Mr Chairman, Your Excellencies, I want us that for whatever we are saying and whatever we intend to do we capture the context rightly and then proceed based on that, and maybe we can get somewhere. Otherwise if we keep saying good things to each other, being nice, and then each one fulfilling their own interests other than the common interests we have as East Africans, then I don’t see how we are going to contribute effectively to finding a solution. The other day, two or three days ago, we lost people, there was a lot of shelling from eastern Congo, from Goma, killed a dozen people and injured hundreds. We will definitely take care of that, there is no question about it." President Kagame | Extra Ordinary Summit of EAC Heads of State on Eastern DRC.
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“You find someone hiding behind a religion, hiding behind a church, setting up something that is only meant to serve their own interests and rob others. Everything becomes something anyone can just put up, like putting a barrier somewhere, stopping people, pretending to be what you are not, and then starting to take away people’s property. Saying, ‘You do not pass here unless you first bring this wealth.’ That should not happen in any religion, of whatever kind. That is different from persecuting religions or churches. Putting things in order is not persecution. When you are putting things in order, when people tell you that we know religion exists, and should exist, to do certain things: to teach, to reach citizens, to help them, and as you have said, even among Muslims, you have put in place ways of helping in education, in health, and in different areas, that is what should be done. Not robbing people. Not denying them a livelihood. Not taking what belongs to them so that a few individuals become rich and are the only ones who prosper. That has happened everywhere, across religions and churches.” President Kagame | Rwandan Muslim Community #MeetThePresident
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“I called the President of Burundi, Ndayishimiye, and asked him: The EAC forces in the DRC were expelled, Burundi remained, and now SADC forces are deploying — has Burundi joined SADC? He said no. I then asked whether Burundi stayed in Congo because of its friendship with Kinshasa and a desire to support whatever Congo was doing. He replied that Congo had requested their presence because they are friends. I asked again: But more and more of your troops are moving north. Yet he had told me earlier that Burundi’s security problems originating from Congo were in the south — in Uvira and Minembwe — and that this was why they entered Congo. So I asked: If Minembwe and Uvira are in the south, what are you doing in the north, in Goma and Rutshuru? He responded, “Who told you we have troops there?” I told him I had been informed by people who showed me evidence, but that I wanted to hear directly from him before taking it as fact. He said, “They lied to you; we have no troops in the north.” I replied that since he, as head of state, was telling me this, I would accept it. Not long after, many of their soldiers were captured in combat. This led to meetings between our two countries. Burundi tried to deny it, and we asked: Are you denying your own soldiers, captured exactly where you said you had none? It became an endless back-and-forth. Even today, all of this was happening before we signed the agreement and continued afterward. What happened in Uvira revealed thousands of Burundian soldiers operating in Uvira, Minembwe, Kalemie, Kindu, and others who had moved to Walikale and Kisangani — more than twenty thousand in total. You have to ask: how did such a large Burundian force enter Congo? Clearly there is a serious problem. They spend their days shelling people in Minembwe with artillery and drones. And those in the international community who talk endlessly — where are they? People have cried out for help, and no one has intervened. Then recently, after the fighting in Uvira, an international outcry suddenly emerged claiming, “It is Rwanda.” So now Rwanda is expected to bear responsibility for all the problems unfolding inside Congo.” President Kagame
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“To the entire police force: This anniversary is a moment to reflect and renew your commitment to the standards and values, that define this institution. This is what will preserve and deepen the trust that Rwandans have in you and their collaboration.” President Kagame | 25th Anniversary of Rwanda National Police and Officer Cadets Commissioning Ceremony.
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“They looted the minerals better than anybody in history. They sell minerals in Antwerp, diamonds. Do they produce diamonds? Or they have gold, bullions they took long ago and are adding more? Do they have gold mines, these Europeans? They may even say the gold or the diamonds are brought by legitimate people. Would you believe that? When they are there, they are the legitimate ones. It is only Rwanda picked on about minerals, simply because the audience in Europe will listen more to these accusations, whether what they are saying is happening or not.” President Kagame
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