French President Emmanuel Macron and Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame inaugurated a memorial in Paris honoring victims of the 1994 genocide. Macron described the monument as marking a "quest for truth" and confronting France's past inaction.

French President ⁠Emmanuel Macron and ​his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on Tuesday inaugurated a ​memorial in Paris honouring the victims of the 1994 genocide. Unveiling the installation on the banks of the Seine, Macron said the monument marked "the culmination of a long and patient quest for truth" in confronting France's failure to heed warnings of the impending massacres more than 30 years ago.