epa01653747 A picture made available 03 March 2009 shows Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi (R) waves while Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) looks on during a ceremony marking the establishment of Libya's Jamahiriya (state of the masses) in Sirte, 400 kms east of Tripoli, Libya on 02 March 2009. Berlusconi, who is on an official visit to Libya to ratify a compensation deal with the former Italian colony, invited Gadhafi to travel to the island of Sardinia to attend the Group of Eight summit in July. The Libyan leader is expected to discuss Africa's problems on the third day of the July 8-10 summit. In August, Italy and Libya reached a compensation agreement for Italy's occupation of Libya. Italy ruled over the North African country from 1911 to 1943. EPA/SABRI ALMHEDWI