英国外交大臣米利班德表示，英国不可能为奴隶制支付赔偿，在要求正式道歉和赔偿的呼声之下，国王查尔斯三世表达了悔意。
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has said it was “not feasible” for the country to pay reparations for slavery, after King Charles III expressed remorse amid calls for a formal apology and compensation.
米利班德在接受BBC采访时周三受访时表示：“这不是正确的答案，也不实际，对我们来说不可行，但我们可以合作解决一些事情。”他补充说，伦敦不会“改变我们在赔偿问题上的立场”。
“It’s not the right answer. It’s not practical. It’s not feasible for us, but there are things we can work on cooperatively,” Miliband told the BBC in an interview aired on Wednesday. He added that London would not “shift our position on reparations”.
米利班德还暗示，英国明年主办G20峰会时，可能会发布长期以来被要求的正式道歉，以承认其在奴隶贸易中的角色。
Miliband also hinted that Britain could issue a long-demanded formal apology for its role in the slave trade next year when it hosts a G20 leaders’ summit.
当被问及英国能否在明年11月曼彻斯特的会议前达到这一目标时，米利班德表示：“总体而言，可以。”但他坚持认为，道歉不会为经济赔偿铺平道路。
Asked whether the UK could reach that point by the meeting in Manchester next November, Miliband said: “Broadly speaking, yes.”But he insisted an apology would not pave the way for financial compensation.
在安提瓜和巴布达举行的英联邦政府首脑会议上，首相安迪·伯恩斯提出了一个针对最贫困英联邦国家的“债务重置”计划，该计划可能改变偿还债务的利率。
At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda, Prime Minister Andy Burnham floated a “debt reset” plan for the poorest Commonwealth countries that could alter interest rates on repayments.
伯恩斯周二告诉记者：“我已经明确表示我们不支持赔偿……但并非不支持英联邦国家在债务问题上获得帮助。”他在周五《卫报》撰文写道：“有些人呼吁为奴隶贸易进行经济赔偿。我认为这不是正确的答案。”
Burnham told reporters on Tuesday: “I’ve been very clear that we do not support reparations … but it’s not the case that we don’t support countries in the Commonwealth around development helping them with debt issues that they’ve got.”“Some have called for financial reparations for the slave trade. I do not believe that is the right answer,” he wrote in The Guardian on Friday.
“我不认为今天的英国人要为历史上那些发生在不同年代、不同法律下、且他们未参与的个人责任所犯下的任何罪行负责。”英国在奴隶制中发挥的关键作用长期以来一直令与前殖民地关系紧张。伯恩斯表示，他将进行“艰难的对话”，以确保英联邦的未来。
“I do not think that British people today can be held liable for historical wrongs, however heinous, that happened in a different age under different laws and in which they played no personal part.”Britain’s pivotal role in slavery has long strained relations with its former colonies. Burnham said he would have “difficult conversations” to safeguard the Commonwealth’s future.
2024年在萨摩亚举行的一次紧张英联邦会议上，各国在英联邦政府首脑会议期间推动就赔偿正义展开谈判，当时英国在基尔·斯塔默领导下试图回避这一问题。
In a tense Commonwealth meeting in Samoa in 2024, countries backed talks over reparatory justice after Britain, then under Keir Starmer’s leadership, tried to avoid addressing the issue.
伯纳姆立场的转变在国内并未得到认可，反对党保守党领袖凯米·巴德诺赫和右翼媒体都批评了他的做法。
Burnham’s change of tack has not gone down well at home, with opposition Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch and the right-wing press criticising his approach.
查尔斯国王在表达自己的“恐惧”时比前几任王室成员走得更远，但他没有道歉，并强调了英国在最终废除奴隶制方面所起的作用。
King Charles went further than previous royals when he expressed his “horror”, but stopped short of apologising and stressed Britain’s role in eventually abolishing slavery.
国王在峰会开幕时称奴隶制是“骇人听闻的不公正”，“至今仍给这些岛屿和这个由56个国家组成的集团的其他成员投下阴影”，该集团大多数是英国前殖民地。此次峰会是他为期九天的加勒比之行的一部分。
The king opened the summit – part of a nine-day Caribbean tour – calling slavery a “monstrous injustice” that “still casts a shadow over these islands and other members” of the 56-nation group of mostly former British colonies.
查尔斯和卡米拉王后将结束加勒比之行，于周三从安提瓜和巴布达启程。
Charles and Queen Camilla are to end their Caribbean tour and depart from Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday.