French Foreign Ministry comments on Rwanda genocide spat Preparations in Rwanda Sunday for the commemorations for the 20th anniversary of the genocide were overshadowed by a major spat with France amid renewed allegations that Paris was complicit in the killings. The French government announced that it was pulling out of Monday's events after Rwandan President Paul Kagame again accused France, an ally of the Hutu nationalist government prior to the 1994 killings, of having helped the murder of 800,000 ethnic Tutsis take place. French foreign ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said the accusations were 'unacceptable'. Images and soundbites.