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Italy’s PM Berlusconi shakes hands with Libya’s leader Gaddafi during their meeting in Benghazi
By | August 30, 2008
Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) shakes hands with Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi during their meeting in Benghazi August 30, 2008. Libya and Italy signed an accord on Saturday under which Italy will pay billions of dollars in compensation and investments for colonial misdeeds during its decades-long rule of the North African country. In a goodwill gesture on Saturday, Italy returned an ancient statue of Venus (R) taken to Rome during colonial rule, Libyan state media reported. The headless “Venus of Cyrene” was carried away from the town of Cyrene, an ancient Greek colony, by Italian troops and put on display in Rome. REUTERS/Livio Anticoli-Italian Prime Minister’s Press Office/Handout (LIBYA). FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
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