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DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday paid tribute at a genocide memorial on the sidelines of an economic forum in Rwanda, a highly symbolic gesture in bilateral relations badly hobbled by the 1994 bloodbath.
The Twitter account of the genocide memorial published a video of Tshisekedi, who was elected in January, laying a wreath at the memorial in Kigali, a diplomatic first.
The gesture came ahead of the 25th anniversary on April 1 of the start of the massacre, in which at least 800,000 people -- mainly minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus -- were killed in 100 days.
After the carnage, many of the men who carried out the massacres fled into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, destabilising the region to this day.
Tsishekedi's tribute sparked anger in the DRC.
In diplomatic first, DR Congo's Tshisekedi lays wreath at Rwanda memorial
There is no winning.
The Twitter account of the genocide memorial published a video of Tshisekedi, who was elected in January, laying a wreath at the memorial in Kigali, a diplomatic first.
The gesture came ahead of the 25th anniversary on April 1 of the start of the massacre, in which at least 800,000 people -- mainly minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus -- were killed in 100 days.
After the carnage, many of the men who carried out the massacres fled into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, destabilising the region to this day.
Tsishekedi's tribute sparked anger in the DRC.
In diplomatic first, DR Congo's Tshisekedi lays wreath at Rwanda memorial
There is no winning.
