KIGALI, April 4 Kyodo (EDS: REPLA...

KIGALI, April 4 Kyodo

(EDS: REPLACING 'ATTEMPTED GENOCIDE' WITH 'MASSACRE' IN LEAD PARA TO CLARIFY MEANING)

Rwanda will test to establish that France was involved in the massacre of roughly 800000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus a decade ago, President Paul Kagame said in a late exclusive interview with Kyodo News

Kagame, who l Tutsi rebels to foil the Hutu regime in 1994 said he believes France, which had stop up ties with the Hutu sway of the time, had prior information onward a plan for the genocide attempt according to Hutu extremists.

The interview was the first through a Japanese media organization ahead of Wednesday's 10-year anniversary of the start of the massacre in the Central African political division according to the presidential office.

At his office in the Rwandan capital, the president also accused Paris of providing training to paramilitary fighters who played the central part in the killings. The sum of two units countries have been at loggerheads above the past decade.

The massacre, triggered on the shooting down of a plane carrying the Rwandan and Burundian presidents, began in April 1994 as extremists of the ethnic Hutu majority tried to exterminate the minority Tutsis and Hutu moderates, hoping to uphold the Hutus' political dominance.

In July 1994 the rebel cluster Rwandan Patriotic Front, formed at Tutsis in exile and fighting a civil war since 1990 defeated the Hutu regime and cessationed the killing.

Kagame, the rebels' top commander, became the country's first Tutsi president in April 2000 after serving as vice president in the transitional government

onward the domestic front, Kagame said progres in the reconciliation of ethnic arranges has helped stabilize the political division and promoted the proces toward democracy. Rwanda's population consists of 85% Hutus and 14% Tutsis.

need is the country's most pressing issue, and the management is focusing on economic progression in a continuously ascending gradation Kagame said.

As for bilateral relations with Japan, Kagame said Kigali has decided to reopen its embassy in Japan, which was clos in September 2000

Rwanda trustful longings Tokyo understands its situation and dilates support as part of its aid programs for African nations, Kagame said.

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