French President Emmanuel Macron, in a visit to Rwanda, said that France recognises its responsibility in the 1994 Rwandan <br />''genocide. His comments came during a solemn speech at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, where 2,50,000 victims of the mass killings are buried.<br />''<br />''Macron said that only Rwandans could forgive France for its role in Rwanda's 1994 genocide, and France did not listen to those who warned it about the impending massacre in Rwanda and stood de facto by a genocidal regime. However, he added that France was not an accomplice to the genocide.<br />''<br />''Macron's visit follows the release in March of a report by a French inquiry panel that said a colonial attitude had blinded French officials. The report added that the government bore a serious and overwhelming responsibility for not foreseeing the slaughter. However, the report absolved France of direct complicity in the killings.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu militias in 100 days of bloodletting that began in April 1994. The genocide ended in July 1994 when the Rwandan Patriotic Front, led by current President Kagame, swept in from Uganda and seized control of the country.</span><br />