{"id":16199,"date":"2022-04-27T13:32:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T13:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/we-are-values-based-people-kagame-tells-diplomatic-corps"},"modified":"2022-04-27T13:59:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T13:59:10","slug":"we-are-values-based-people-kagame-tells-diplomatic-corps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/we-are-values-based-people-kagame-tells-diplomatic-corps","title":{"rendered":"We are values-based people, Kagame tells diplomatic corps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>President Paul Kagame firmly dismissed the thoughts of those who consider Rwandans and Africans at large, as people who need to learn values from others.<\/p>\n

He said this as he was addressing a dinner event that brought together diplomatic corps in Rwanda and other government officials on Tuesday, April 26.<\/p>\n

The Head of State took the opportunity to ensure that the diplomats understand the values around which partnerships are formed, and emphasised how Rwanda continues to focus on building peace in the region as well as continued collaboration with other countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could not have made recovery and progress over the last 28 years without the resilient people of Rwanda, and equally the many friends and partners we have had accompanying us along the way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, I want to assure you that as a nation, we are values-based people, noted Kagame.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven with those weaknesses in our societies, we still cherish values. It is based on that as Rwandans that we proudly want to play our part. We want to own up to our problems and even expect to hold each other accountable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we are not offended by anyone telling us that we need to do better. We are very respectful of others, even if we may have differences, for one reason or another, we maintain being respectful and in some way we expect that back to us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that there are many who have a hand in the problems of Rwanda, the President emphasised that the focus is on the side of our responsibilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense, it doesn\u2019t make us better or stronger, it takes away a lot of effort trying to throw around blame to other people when we could be doing a lot for ourselves,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u2018Emphasis on truth and facts\u2019<\/p>\n

According to the president, it\u2019s hard to overcome that tragic history unless you emphasise truth and facts, and interpret all that the right way.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes it is striking to see that some people want to teach us who we are, worse still, who we should be. That\u2019s where the problem comes in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Anybody trying to interpret our history for us and their line of interpretation becomes the one we must follow; there is a problem with that. We will always respond respectfully, he noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI leave no one in any doubt that who we are, where we want to go, our views and our feelings of who we want to be will prevail over these lessons that people may want to teach about us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kagame mentioned how surprising it is that people, who have hundreds of years of justice, democracy, human rights and so on, get it so wrong in this particular case.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not because they don\u2019t know but because of who they think we are,\u201d Kagame indicated.<\/p>\n

Their effort is about changing the victims into perpetrators, he said while confronting those who have a false narrative of what happened and refuse to designate the Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo amount of intimidation can work here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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