In a laconic and somewhat hesitant phrase that raises the question of whether the relevant discussions are now being resumed from another base, the British Prime Minister rejected, Liz Trusspossibility of return Sculptors of the Parthenon. Speaking to GB News on Tuesday and with its head of political affairs, Darren McCaffrey, Truss, just two days after Kyriakos Mitsotakis reported in the London Sunday Times, said she did not support Greece’s request for the reunification of Glyptos, but without documenting her attitude.

In particular, Darren McCaffrey, shortly after the main part of the interview, asked the Prime Minister of Great Britain the following question: “And the Elgin marbles? Do you think they should be returned to Greece? George Osborne (ss: President of the British Museum) said a deal could be done.” Momentarily taken aback and looking for the right words, Truss replied, “I don’t support that.”

It is recalled that in June Osborne expressed his position on the question of the Sculptures, according to which a solution could be found on the basis of their “partition” between London and Athens. “I think an agreement can be reached (…) if we both approach this issue without too many conditions, without too many red lines,” said the president of the British Museum at the time. many interpretations.

In his recent interview with the Times, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakiswho is expected to meet his British counterpart by the end of the year, said: “At a time when Mrs Truss will be looking to build confidence and for now the UK is somewhat cramped in terms of its overall image after the Queen’s funeral.” , it will be a fantastic gesture, and I will tell her about it.

Finally, the Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni He recently mentioned this issue while speaking at the UNESCO World Conference Mondiacult 2022 in Mexico, where, among other things, he emphasized that the reunification of sculptors is also an issue “that touches and penetrates the very principles on which UNESCO is founded.”