Greek PM urges UK PM to return Elgin Marbles permanently

"Nobody would seriously contemplate cutting what survives of the tapestry in two and displaying half in London and half in Bayeux, and claiming this was an adequate way to understand it."

— Kyriakos Mitsotakis , Politician

"I do not believe it does."

— Kyriakos Mitsotakis , Politician

"Greece cannot accept any arrangement that would require it to recognise the British Museum's ownership of the sculptures, or a scheme that would mean we 'borrow' parts of our own monument."

— Kyriakos Mitsotakis , Politician

"This would be a decisive step that would reunite the sculptures and transform a historic dispute into a unique act of cultural friendship."

— Kyriakos Mitsotakis , Politician

"the sculptures should be returned to Greece with 'no strings attached'."

— Andy Burnham , Politician