French President Nicolas Sarkozy is helped by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, behind him, as he slips, while stepping down from his plane, on his arrival at Kigali airport, on February 25, 2010. Nicolas Sarkozy acknowledged that France made mistakes during the 1994 genocide, paid homage to the victims but stopped short of apologising during his landmark visit to Kigali today. What happened here is unacceptable, but what happened here compels the international community, including France, to reflect on the mistakes that stopped it from preventing and halting this abominable crime,-- he said.