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【論説】1900年代のリビア植民地化に正式謝罪するイタリア [論説]

かつて犬猿の間柄であったアメリカのライス国務長官が1953年以来というリビア(カダフィ氏の独裁国家?天然資源が豊富?)訪問が予定されるなかで,
イタリアが1900年代すなわち20世紀前半の植民地化を謝罪し,賠償金として50億ドルを,向う25年間にわたって,すなわち,2億ドルずつを25年間支払うという協定に調印する運びとなっています.

これは,わが国を振り返って考えると,韓国や中国には数億ドルの一時金でお茶を濁した日本が,ソ連や北朝鮮(樺太の南半分と朝鮮半島を植民地化していたほか,日本は1917年ロシア革命後,シベリアに出兵していた)とは未だに平和条約の締結にいたっていない,いわば敵対関係状態にあることと較べて,いかにもきちんとした責任の取り方だと認められます.

日本も北方領土その他の2国間関係を,最優先課題と称してアメリカ,韓国その他に卑屈に訴え回るよりも,まず20世紀前半の植民地化を無条件で直接相手にきちんと謝罪,清算すべきではないでしょうか!!!

中国,韓国に根強く残る反日感情は,きちんと過去を清算しないで,優位に立った経済関係からなし崩しに国交を構築してきた一方で,アメリカにべったり依存し続ける非自主性を見透かされているからだというべきです.

以下にAFP通信の関連記事(30/08/2008)を転載しておきます.

私は日本の外国特派員と現地でさまざまな交際がありましたが,彼らはいずれも,直接現場取材するのではなく,現地のニュスをみてから,それを自分の文章化して日本に送信してきましたから,以下のAFP通信も1~2日遅れでどこかが記事化すると思います.

Italy apologises to Libya for colonial era damage
BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday apologised to Libya for damage inflicted by Italy during the colonial era and signed a five-billion-dollar investment deal by way of compensation.

Berlusconi made the apology during a visit to the Mediterranean city of Benghazi for a meeting with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to seal a cooperation accord with the oil-rich north African nation.

Speaking on behalf of the Italian people, he expressed regret for the "deep wounds caused by Italian colonisation to the people of Libya."

He and Kadhafi then signed a "friendship and cooperation agreement" aimed at recompensing Libya for damage incurred during the colonial era.

"The accord will provide for 200 million dollars a year over the next 25 years through investments in infrastructure projects in Libya," Berlusconi said in remarks translated into Arabic.

"This agreement should put an end to 40 years of discord. It is a concrete and moral acknowledgement of the damage inflicted on Libya by Italy during the colonial era," he told reporters.

Formerly a part of the Ottoman Empire, Libya was occupied by Italy in 1911 before becoming a colony in the 1930s. The country gained its independence in 1951 after a brief period under a UN-mandated Franco-British administration.

Italy and Libya have spent years negotiating a wide-ranging treaty to cover compensation for Rome's military occupation and colonisation.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is set to follow in Berlusconi's footsteps next week, for the first visit by such a high-ranking US official to Libya since 1953.

Berlusconi, on his second trip to Libya since June, said that among the major projects to be financed by Italy will be a coastal motorway from the Tunisian border to Egypt.

Rome will also fund house construction, scholarships for Libyan students to study in Italy and pensions for those mutilated by landmines laid by the Italian military.

The agreement will also cover cooperation on the fight against illegal immigration, which Berlusconi termed a battle "against slave traders."

Funding for the coastal highway -- previously estimated to cost three billion euros (4.65 billion dollars) -- was promised by Berlusconi on a visit to Tripoli in 2004, when he headed a previous administration.

When the two leaders met in June, Berlusconi was pushing for the rapid implementation of a December 2007 accord on joint maritime patrols to curtail the flow of thousands of illegal immigrants from Africa to Europe.

Italian shores, especially the small island of Lampedusa south of Sicily, are a favourite destination for those making the crossing from North Africa in the hope of a new life in Europe, despite the perilous journey.

Italy also on Saturday returned a Roman statue of the goddess Venus dating back to the second century which was found in 1913 by Italian troops near the ruins of the Greek and Roman settlement of Cyrene, on the Libyan coast.

Berlusconi's visit to Benghazi 1,000 kilometres (650 miles) east of Tripoli coincides with the anniversary of the coup that brought Kadhafi to power on September 1, 1969.

Libya has welcomed a host of foreign dignitaries since Kadhafi ended years of diplomatic isolation with his 2003 announcement that Tripoli was abandoning efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction.

Rice will be visiting shortly after an agreement with Libya to compensate US victims of Libyan attacks, and US reprisals, from the 1980s.

US-Libya relations, suspended in 1981 over Tripoli's alleged support for terrorism, were restored in early 2004 after Kadhafi's weapons pronouncement.

Meanwhile Bolivia's leftwing President Evo Morales was also in Libya on Saturday to reinforce new diplomatic ties with Tripoli, ahead of a similar visit to Iran on Monday and Tuesday.

Kadhafi also hosted a gathering of African tribal leaders who on Thursday bestowed the title of "king of kings" on the Libyan leader.


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