The government has worked very systematically and continues to work on the case of the Parthenon Sculptures, said the Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, today in the Plenary Session of the Parliament, where with reference to the publication of the Times of London, relevant reports were made by all wings “.
In the context of the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Film Production and the Memorandum of Cooperation with China, the Minister of Culture responded strongly to the representative of SYRIZA, Panos Skouroliakos, when he said that the Prime Minister was simply talking about borrowing, thus acknowledging ownership of the British and added that his party demands the return of the Sculptures without footnotes.
“The Greek government has had and continues to have the permanent position that the Sculptures in the British Museum are a product of theft and do not recognize prefecture and ownership and possession. “Everything else you say is speculation,” said Ms. Mendoni, who accused SYRIZA that as a government it did nothing to promote the issue other than some participation in conferences “as evidenced by the very archive of the Ministry of Culture.” “Whatever you do, the official correspondence, the diplomatic relations with the other countries are recorded, they do not stay in the air”, said the minister and contrasted the initiatives of the current government which resulted in the favorable decision of UNESCO last September , but also the return of the Fagan Fragment from Sicily to the Acropolis Museum.
“We did not reach the UNESCO decision by chance, but through a systematic work and UNESCO comes and says for the first time since the 1980s that here we have an intergovernmental issue and the United Kingdom should discuss honestly with Greece, pointing out all the problems created in the sculptures themselves by staying in the British Museum. He turned the fragment from Palermo. He came back to stay. How did this happen; After fourteen months of systematic work. “And we did not say that during the fourteen months, the head of the Regional Government of Sicily said it himself”, said Ms. Mendoni characteristically.
“It is a small victory. A conjuncture has been formed for the issue raised by Melina Mercouri and I remind you of her words “Or it is the essence of our Greekness”. So there was empty space in the Acropolis Museum for their return. “There is a conjuncture and faith now,” D. Konstantopoulos said on behalf of KINAL, referring to the Times article.
For a happy occasion “let us all join the national effort to bring the Sculptures back to their natural space”, spoke the parliamentary representative of ND, G. Kotsos and accused SYRIZA of trying to devalue the effort and the success of the return of the fragment at the Acropolis Museum.
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