ELGIN MARBLES

                                              THE ELGIN MARBLES

Greece turns up the heat about the Elgin marbles and the Greek Prime Minister insists that Boris Johnson promised not to stand in the way of talks with the British Museum.

 

The Greek PM, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that Boris Johnson said he would not stand in the way of conversation with the British Museum about the Elgin Marbles.

 

Mr Mitsotakis has offered to lend some Greek treasures in return.  The UK’s long-term position has been that the artefacts were acquired lawfully.

 

A survey found 65% of the British people are in favour of returning the marbles to Greece.  Boris Johnson has come under pressure over the future of the Elgin Marbles after the Greek Prime Minister urged him to seize the moment and return the artefacts to Greece.

 

Kyriakos Mitsotakis writing in today’s Mail on Sunday says that when he met Mr Johnson in Downing Street last week, he promised not to stand in the way of Greece establishing a formal dialogue with the British Museum over the future of the marbles.

 

Mr Mitsotakis offered to lend some of Greece’s treasures such as the Artemision  Bronze, an ancient Greek sculpture of Poseidon and Zeus to the UK in exchange for the return of the 2.500 years old sculpture which was removed from the Parthenon by the British Envoy Lord Elgin between 1801-1812.

 

The UK’s long-standing position has been that the Elgin Marbles were acquired in accordance with the law and any decision of their return has been made by the British Museum, which operates independently of the government and free from political interference.    

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