Athens vowed to use “all means” to persuade London to abandon the Parthenon sculptures, and its movement will focus on winning the hearts of the British.
Boris Johnson refused on Tuesday and asked to return 5——Artwork of the century BC, the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriacos Mizotakis, Seemed to be inspired by his visit to the UK.
“My purpose is to continue working hard until they finally return to the Acropolis Museum,” he told the audience gathered at the Science Museum in London within an hour of meeting with his colleagues.
On Wednesday, Greek officials downplayed Johnson’s insistence that the problem should be resolved by the British Museum, saying the leader’s position was “fully predictable.”Mizotakis is the first in Greece to formally propose Parthenon Marble In Downing Street.
Responding to Mizotakis’s belief that the movement should now give priority to British citizens, officials instead expressed delight at the TV audience’s reaction to the Greek Prime Minister’s request for the return of marble to the show “Good Morning Britain.”
The anchor of the show later stated that the station had been overwhelmed by tweets expressing support for Mitsotakis. A member of the visiting delegation said: “It will be the British public opinion that will decisively adjust the scale to support Greece’s justice needs.”
The removal of these antiquities has been controversial since they were removed from the Parthenon under the order of the Parthenon more than 200 years ago. Lord Elgin, The London ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. When bankruptcy came, the diplomat sold these masterpieces to the British Museum in 1816.
The museum now displays 80 sculptures, although public viewing has been suspended for nearly a year due to the pandemic and maintenance work.
Most of the remaining friezes that decorate the central temple of the Acropolis and are considered the highest point of classical art are displayed in a purpose-built museum at the foot of the Athens monument.Eight other institutions Europe The same house.
Speaking of the need to see these marbles in their entirety in Athens, Mizotakis insisted that their return would be a “brilliant statement” for the global Britain envisioned by Johnson.
During the Downing Street talks, Mizotakis praised his British counterparts as “true cronies.” Greek officials then hinted that Johnson supported the return of antiquities. When he was chairman of the Oxford Union in 1986, he invited the first Mayer in Athens. Lina Mercouri (Melina Mercouri). Female Minister of Culture, raised this issue for debate. She won the vote.
Greece is also encouraged by the climate change of cultural heritage and UNESCO’s recent decision, which clearly states that fierce disputes should be resolved at the government level rather than through the British Museum.
Mizotakis has repeatedly described these sculptures as the most important symbolic link between modern Greeks and their ancestors. He used a trip to London to highlight the progress made in controversial cultural property. “Museums all over the world are trying to share, return, reunite, or loan exhibits on an unprecedented scale,” he said in a speech at the Science Museum.
Athens offered to exchange treasures that had never left Greece before as part of a rotating exhibition that the British Museum could hold in exchange for these masterpieces.
However, as a member of the visiting delegation, Thasos Hajigeorgio, a member of the Greek Parliament, denied reports on specific handicrafts, including Agamemnon’s golden mask, and the government is willing to provide these artifacts. In exchange for these cultural relics.
