Résumé
On July 6, 1994, General Germanos, assistant to Admiral Lanxade, came to Rwanda and met General Bizimungu. He urges the latter to accept a ceasefire: "General Germanos took stock of the situation aimed at demonstrating that the only solution for the Cemga [chief of the general staff of the armies: Bizimungu], the FAR and Rwanda, was to negotiate a ceasefire". He promises him an international guarantee, not only on the ZHS in the South-West, but also on the Ruhengeri-Gisenyi region in the North-West: "General Bizimungu [...] fears that the RPF will drag out negotiations and Gaining time to regroup his forces in the North in order to attack the Ruhengeri-Gisenyi region. General Germanos told him that the Minuar and possibly elements of Turquoise could control the northern zone so that this does not happen".
Extrait de
L'État français et le génocide des Tutsis au Rwanda, Raphaël Doridant et François Graner, Agone/Survie, février 2020.
