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PSG Face Pressure From French Lawmakers To Drop Visit Rwanda Sponsorship

Originally posted on PSG on SI | By Eduardo Razo | Last updated Apr 3, 2025 3:57 AM ET

On Wednesday, La France Insoumise (LFI)—Clémence Guetté, Aurélien Taché, Thomas Portes, and Carlos Martens Bilongo—called out Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, demanding the club cut ties with Visit Rwanda.

The lawmakers want PSG to drop the partnership, citing accusations that the Rwandan government supports armed groups responsible for violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

L’Equipe quoted a statement critiquing PSG for backing a regime accused of human rights abuses and slammed Rwanda’s use of sports sponsorships as a form of “sport washing,” calling for concrete action to address the issue (via Foot-Sur7).

As the M23 armed group, directly supported by Rwanda, carries out mass massacres, looting, and r***s—spreading terror and devastation in eastern Congo—PSG cannot maintain this partnership.French lawmakers

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— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) April 2, 2025

PSG began partnering with Rwanda in December 2019; the agreement promotes Rwanda as a tourist destination, boosts cultural and creative exchanges, and highlights Rwandan coffee and tea.

The “Visit Rwanda” logo appears on matchdays at Parc des Princes and on PSG’s training kits, and fans can also find Rwandan tea and coffee at the stadium. Nonetheless, the lawmakers don’t want French football to be complicit in this matter.

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— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) April 2, 2025

We cannot accept that a French football club promotes, week after week on screens worldwide, a state complicit in thousands of deaths and millions of displaced people.French lawmakers

This article first appeared on PSG on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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