According to a spokesman for the British Prime Minister’s Office, reported by EFE, Rishi Sunak considers the London Museum to be the “appropriate place” to display the archaeological remains that the Athens government wants to restore.
In an interview with the BBC, the Greek Prime Minister said that “these sculptures belong to Greece and were basically stolen,” adding that this was “not an issue of ownership, but an argument for their reunification” in Athens.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to meet on Tuesday with Rishi Sunak and Labor Party opposition leader Keir Starmer, the most likely candidate to win next year’s British elections.
The British Prime Minister’s spokesman said today, in statements to reporters, that Rishi Sunak does not intend to change the 1963 law prohibiting the disposal of museum pieces, nor does he support the agreement to loan them.
He also rejected the argument made by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in an interview with the BBC, that keeping archaeological remains in London “is as if the Mona Lisa were cut in half, with part of it remaining in the Louvre.” [em Paris] And another in the British Museum.”
Speculation surrounding a new agreement on the marbles has increased recently, after the head of the British Museum, George Osborne, indicated in a speech that “ways are being explored” to show the remains in Greece.
On the other hand, the British Labor Party has indicated that it would be willing to discuss an agreement that would allow the loan of marble to Greece.
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