BRUSSELS — Belgian King Philippe on Tuesday expressed regrets for his nation's — and his ancestor's — brutal colonization of Congo, a major acknowledgment of history in a country that has long avoided a full reckoning about its relationship with its former colony.
“I believe it necessary that our common history with Belgium and its people should be told to our children in the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as those in Belgium on the basis of scientific work done by the historians of the two countries,” Tshisekedi said Monday in a televised address. “The most important thing for the future is to build harmonious relations with Belgium, because beyond the stigma of history, the two peoples have been able to build a strong relationship.
Léopold acted “not as a conqueror but as a civilizer,” Baudouin said in a speech at a 1960 independence ceremony in Congo, expressing sentiments still echoed by some Belgians.
Read this. One of the best history books ever written:
'Regrets' are something you express when you can't make it to an engagement party. Also, Belgium still has a king?
Give Congo Belgium
No good enough. All the natural resources and arts looted should all be returned. If there was ever a case for reparation!!
Yet statues of Leopoldo remain.
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