He said Paul Rusesabagina, now a prominent Kagame critic whose detention and trial has raised global alarm, was in the dock not because of his fame but because people had died as a result of his later actions.
Emmanuel Macron is the first French leader since 2010 to visit the East African nation, which has long accused France of complicity in the killing of some 800,000 mostly Tutsi Rwandans.
Rusesabagina had been living in exile in Belgium until his arrest in August after he boarded a plane to Rwandan capital Kigali when he thought he was going to neighbouring Burundi.
Kagame and Duclert met for an hour discussing the findings of the investigation after the president was handed his own copy of the thick report.
Rwandan police said Rusesabagina - who has called for armed resistance to the government - was arrested on terrorism charges on an international arrest warrant. His family dispute that.
President Paul Kagame laid a wreath at the Gisozi genocide memorial site, where over a quarter of a million of people are buried.
For many survivors, forgiveness remains difficult when the bodies of their loved ones have not been found and many killers are still free.
The longevity in power of African heads of state.
Continental leaders, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, will urge him to push administrative and financial reforms introduced by his predecessor Rawanda’s President Paul Kagame.
Eighteen African countries have already banned the use of single-use plastic, particularly bags.
The single market is a flagship of the AU's "Agenda 2063" programme, conceived as a strategic framework for socioeconomic transformation.
Cairo's tenure "will probably concentrate on security and peacekeeping", said Ashraf Swelam, who heads a think tank linked to the country's foreign ministry.
Rwandan and African Union President Paul Kagame says it can no longer be business as usual between Africa and Europe.
The Rwandan army blamed the 9 December assault in the country's restive east on Hutu rebel group, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda.
Diane Rwigara has repeatedly accused President Paul Kagame of stifling dissent and criticised his Rwandan Patriotic Front’s unyielding grip on power.
Diane Rwigara, a prominent critic of President Paul Kagame, was blocked from challenging him in the August 2017 presidential election and arrested a month later for alleged tax evasion and forgery as well as for inciting insurrection.
The precise time of Victoire Ingabire’s release was not immediately clear but officials and lawyers said it would be on Saturday.
The MPs from the Rwanda Green Party say their performance shows the battle to democratise their country is a long process.
