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Eleni Courea in Apia, Samoa and Geneva Abdul

‘Time has come’: Commonwealth heads agree to reparatory justice dialogue despite reluctant UK

King Charles III and Queen Camilla host a heads of government dinner in Samoa, attended by the British prime minister, Keir Starmer.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla host a heads of government dinner in Samoa, attended by the British prime minister, Keir Starmer. Photograph: Toby Melville/Rex/Shutterstock

Commonwealth leaders have resolved that “the time has come” for a conversation on reparatory justice despite the UK’s insistence that the issue was not on their agenda.

The language, agreed at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chogm) on Saturday, is a blow to the UK, which wanted to avoid reparatory justice being mentioned.

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