Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis criticized British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to cancel the meeting with his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis in London following calls for the return of the Parthenon statues stored in the British Museum. He described this development as unprecedented and disrespectful, according to reports Ekathimerini.
“This is not something to be done like that. “We are looking for a precedent, but we cannot find it,” Marinakis said.
In his opinion, such a step by Great Britain “is disrespectful not only to the Greek Prime Minister, but also to the Greek people.”
“We assume that it is clearly [Сунак] “I am disturbed by comments confirming that our country’s position on the return of the Parthenon statues has not changed,” a government spokesman said.
Before this, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak It is cancelled I am meeting my Greek colleague Kyriakos Mitsotakis in London.
The meeting was canceled a few hours before the scheduled time. The Guardian noted that Sunak took this decision after the Greek prime minister called for the Parthenon statues stored in the British Museum to be returned to the country.
The statues in question were removed 200 years ago by the British ambassador Lord Thomas Bruce Elgin. The publication stated that London had no plans to return them.
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Source: Gazeta
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