Speaking at the opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa, King Charles III remarked, 'How the most painful aspects of our past continue to resonate.'
APIA, Samoa — King Charles said Friday that the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. Representatives of 56 countries, most with roots in Britain’s empire, are attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that began in Samoa on Monday, with slavery and the threat of climate change emerging as major themes.
has its own reparations plan. Bahamas Foreign Minister Frederick Mitchell told the BBC on Thursday that the summit’s draft conclusion, expected to be published on Saturday, had paragraphs calling for a discussion on reparations.
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