Talks About the Elgin Marbles Being Sent to Greece 'Have Collapsed'
- Negotiations between Greece and the British Museum over the Parthenon Marbles have collapsed after five years, with Athens signaling that discussions are unlikely to resume, according to reports on Thursday.
- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis rejected any arrangement requiring Greece to recognize British Museum ownership, opposing loan models comparable to the Bayeux Tapestry's return from France.
- British Museum director Nicholas Cullinan previously proposed a 10-month loan model, but the plan required Greece to acknowledge the Museum's legal ownership of the artifacts, fueling the impasse.
- The dispute traces to the 19th century when the Earl of Elgin removed the sculptures with claimed Ottoman permission; Greece formally requested their return in 1983 and sought UNESCO mediation.
- Former British Museum chair George Osborne previously said there was "a deal to be done," yet the current deadlock leaves the future of the Marbles uncertain with no concrete path forward.
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Greece would not accept decisions recognizing the ownership or lease of the Parthenon sculptures of the British Museum by the Prime Minister of Kiriacos Mitsotakis. Greece would not accept an agreement calling for recognition of the British Museum's rights to sculptures, or a scheme with "renting" parts of the monument, wrote Mitsotakis in an article for The Guardian. He expressed surprise at the offer to use as a model for the agreement the tap…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Thursday for "political will and courage" in the country's long-running battle with the United Kingdom over the return of valuable Parthenon sculptures and bas-reliefs to Athens.
Parthenon Sculptures Talks Have ‘Collapsed,’ Telegraph Reports
ATHENS - Talks between Greece and the British Museum over the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures have reportedly reached an impasse, according to a report by the Telegraph, which says that “there are no talks taking place” at present and that the Greek side has indicated that it does not expect them to resume anytime soon. According to the British newspaper, negotiations that began in 2021 have effectively stalled, with Athens reportedly …
The negotiations over the Parthenon Sculptures are at an impasse. According to the Telegraph, the talks have frozen, with no prospect of resuming. The publication notes that the Greek side has indicated that there is no immediate prospect of their resumption, expressing its disappointment at the stagnation of the negotiations that began in 2021. Despite the fact that as recently as September 11, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated to U…
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