The Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis met this morning with UK's Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer.
Since Sunday the media frenzy and speculation carried on until today but the meeting between the two leaders was not to arranged to make a statement regarding the on-going talks between Greece and the British Museum for the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles.
A YouGov poll also continues to show those that are undecided with those that do not wish for the sculptures to be returned making up under half of the sample questioned, with 53% supporting to reunite the sculptures.
The Times today reported:
It is understood that talks over the marbles — which are being led by George Osborne, the museum’s chairman — are focusing on a potential loan deal as part of a wider cultural partnership between the two countries.
Helpfully for the museum, the galleries that contain the marbles are due to close for an extensive refurbishment in the coming years. This may provide the opportunity to return to marbles for Athens, at least temporarily. However, any deal would require the Greek government to accept British ownership of the marbles — something which has been a sticking point in the talks up to now.
Mitsotakis has made the repatriation of the artworks a priority of his centre-right government. The British Museum would need the backing of the government for any agreement as ministers could impose an export ban, preventing the marbles from being sent back to Greece.
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