CLRwandan FM Museminali reax to arrest of Kabuye скачать в хорошем качестве

CLRwandan FM Museminali reax to arrest of Kabuye

(11 Nov 2008) 1. Exterior of Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation building 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary Museminali, Rwandan Foreign Minister: "Well our official position is that we have, since learning of Madame Rose Kabuye's arrest, we ensured that we protested the normal protocol, and protested to the German Government. Yesterday we called in the German Ambassador and indeed we protested to him and we expressed our shock and disappointment at the fact that Rose had been, the chief of protocol had been, arrested - arrested when she is on diplomatic duty, when she has a diplomatic passport and when she has diplomatic immunity, afforded to people who are on functional duties that are related to diplomatic work" 3. Exterior pan to Foreign Affairs building STORYLINE Rwanda's Government expressed its outrage on Monday over Germany's arrest of a senior Rwandan official wanted by France in connection with the presidential assassination that preceded the African nation's 1994 genocide. Rose Kabuye, chief of protocol for Rwandan President Paul Kagame, was arrested at an airport in Frankfurt on Sunday because France wants to question her about the 1994 plane crash that killed then president, Juvenal Habyarimana. The assassination led to 100 days of genocide that killed more than a half (m) million Rwandan Tutsis and moderate Hutus Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali said Rwanda had made a formal protest to Germany over its execution of the warrant and summoned the German ambassador. French authorities are investigating Kabuye for complicity to murder because she is suspected of having housed the commando unit blamed for the attack on the Rwandan presidential plane before it was downed. Kabuye's lawyer, Lef Forster, said his client denied any involvement in the April 6, 1994 attack. Kabuye, a former fighter with Kagame's rebels, had travelled to Germany last April but was protected from arrest because she was there on official business. Kabuye is expected to be extradited to France, which cut diplomatic ties with Rwanda when the indictments were issued. Relations were later restored but remain strained. Hutu extremists accused Tutsi rebels of shooting down the plane. The rebels say Hutu extremists carried out the assassination themselves to provide a pretext for the slaughter. The killing only stopped after a rebel group led by Kagame overthrew the extremist Hutu regime. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...