Downing Street maintains that the matter is not on the agenda for the 56 Commonwealth nations’ meeting, which starts on Friday in the Pacific island nation of Samoa.
However, according to diplomatic sources, authorities were negotiating a deal to carry out additional study and start a “meaningful conversation” about a matter that would result in the UK having to pay billions of pounds in reparations.
the program:The Bahamas’ foreign minister, Frederick Mitchell, stated on program: “Once you bring up the topic, people may take some time to warm up, but they will.”
“Heads, noting calls for discussions on reparatory justice with regard to the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans and chattel enslavement… agreed that the time has come for a meaningful, truthful, and respectful conversation towards forging a common future based on equity,” reads the draft summit communiqué, which was made available to the news.
