Event
King Philippe's letter to the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2020)
On 30 June 2020, the 60th anniversary of independence, the Belgian king wrote to Congo's president and expressed his regrets.
- Dates
- 30 Jun 2020
- Place
- Belgium
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- How are King Philippe's letter to the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2020) and … connected?
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- Philippe of Belgium wrote it Scholarship & press 1
- Belgium the letter did not offer a formal apology Scholarship & press 23
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- 30 Jun 2020 King Philippe's letter to the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2020)
Proof 3 sources
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Belgian king 'deeply regrets' colonial injustices in DR Congo (Associated Press report), Africanews, 30 Jun 2020.
Scholarship & press
In a letter to the president of the DRC, Felix Tshisekedi, which was published on the 60th anniversary of the African country’s independence, Belgium’s King Philippe conveyed his “deepest regrets”
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Congo Committee calls for apologies but not reparations for Belgium's colonialism, The Brussels Times, 2022.
Scholarship & press
While Philippe became the first Belgian King to express regrets "for the wounds of the past," he did not offer a formal apology
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First step: praise for King's letter to Congolese president, The Brussels Times, 1 Jul 2020.
Scholarship & press
the King's "deepest regrets" is not the same as official apologies
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