ArmInfo.Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan left for Rwanda on an official visit, where he will take part in official events dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.
The press service of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia told ArmInfo that Mnatsakanyan will deliver a speech at the Kwibuka 25 international conference.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry also informed that during the visit Mnatsakanyan is scheduled to meet with the President of Rwanda, the Speaker of Parliament and a number of high-ranking officials. Mnatsakanyan will also visit the "Smart Africa" center.
The genocide in Rwanda, officially called the genocide against the Tutsis, was the massacre of Rwandan Tutsis by local Hutus from April 6 to July 18, 1994, carried out by order of the Hutu government. During these events, according to various estimates, between 500,000 and 1,000,000 people died, among whom Tutsis numbered about 70 percent. The total number of victims was up to 20 percent of the total population of the country. The genocide was planned by the Rwandan political elite and directly carried out by the army, gendarmerie, Interahamwe and Impuzamugambi groups, which were supported by the authorities and civilians.