Geneva - Rwandan President Paul Kagame criticized on Wednesday the decision to arrest his aide, Rose Kabuye, earlier this week, saying it was a violation of his nation's sovereignty.

"If we are to believe that any village judge in France can indict someone from Rwanda, then I assume the reverse is also true," Kagame told reporters, adding that the international justice system needed to be "harmonized."

Kagame was speaking at a press conference of the International Telecommunication Union on cybersecurity and climate change in Geneva.

Kagame added "universal jurisdiction can only be universal if it applies to everyone."

Kagame said the International Court of Justice and the international tribunal for Rwanda, which was established by the UN after the genocide, were the correct forums to handle any issues.

Kubaye, 47, the chief of protocol to the Rwandan leader, was detained in Germany on Sunday and is awaiting extradition to France.

She and eight other Rwandans are wanted for questioning in France about the 1994 assassination of Hutu president Juvenal Habyarimana, which was a primary trigger of the genocide by Hutu militants of 800,000 Rwandans, mainly Tutsis. Habyarimana was killed when his plane was shot down.

Regarding the current situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kagame called for immediate humanitarian intervention but added that the international community had to also "address the core problems."

"We need Congo to be more responsible," he said. (dpa)