France and Rwanda...Friends again?

France and Rwanda, cut diplomatic ties in 2006 when French judge, Jean Louis Brousiere, accused current Rwandan president Kagame, and other Tutsi officials of shooting down former Rwandan president Habyaremana's plane.The shooting sparked the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Sarkozy has announced he will be visiting Rwanda, making him the first French president to visit since the genocide in 1994. Rwanda, a former Belgian colony, was francophone until recently, when the judge's remark angered Rwandan officials into changing the official language to English. Diplomatic ties have been restored after a French official visited Rwanda. However, it still begs the question as to why, even before 2006, it has been so long since a French President has visited "the land of a thousand hills." Sarkozy's upcoming trip is very important for diplomatic ties between the two countries. His Presidency has never wasted time so I doubt that this will be an over rated trip, it's just interesting to see the events that will take place afterwards.