Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is going to London today for a three-day official working visit, during which he will have contacts with investors, members of the Greek diaspora, as well as meetings with Prime Minister Rishi Sounak, but also with the leader of the Labor Party, Keir Starmer.

Today at 09:30 local time, the prime minister will give an interview to the BBC and the journalist Laura Kuenssberg and in the afternoon, at 18:30, he will attend an event of the Greek Diaspora Secretariat of the ND.

The government notes that at a time when the Greek economy continues to be the positive surprise of the Eurozone, it has regained investment grade, while very recently the placement of the National Bank was successfully oversubscribed, tomorrow, Monday, November 27, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will have the opportunity to meet leading investors, but also to present the investment opportunities in Greece, at the investment conference organized by the Hellenic Stock Exchange together with Morgan Stanley in London. The prime minister, who was also a keynote speaker at last year’s roadshow of the Greek Stock Exchange in London, will have a public discussion with Luigi Rizzo, vice president of Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley.

Also, tomorrow evening at 5pm the Prime Minister will meet with Labor Party Leader and Leader of the Official Opposition Keir Starmer and on Tuesday at 12.45pm with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Downing Street. Government sources say that the meeting will provide a comprehensive overview of Greek-British relations, while the two leaders will exchange views on issues of regional and international interest.

On Monday afternoon, the prime minister will speak at an event of the Greek embassy in London about the “Seferi office” (in the embassy residence), the space where the Greek Nobel laureate worked and the “Roderick Beaton” Reading Room, which are becoming museum-like. The reading room will include works related to the leading Greek and will be named Roderick Beaton in honor of his British professor and biographer George Seferis.

Regarding the Parthenon Sculptures, government sources note that with quiet and systematic actions of cultural diplomacy, the Mitsotakis government managed in its first term not only to bring back the issue of their reunification but also achieved a radical conversion of public opinion in the United Kingdom on the subject this.

The Greek position remains the same. Greece, as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has underlined, seeks the repatriation and reunification of the Sculptors, so that the monument can be exhibited in its entirety at the Acropolis Museum. The national position is clear: We cannot under any circumstances accept ownership of the British Museum.

The Greek side has been constructive and demonstrated good faith in its previous discussions with the British Museum, exploring a mutually beneficial solution.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to raise the issue in the contacts he will have in London, both with Prime Minister Sunak and with the leader of Labor Starmer. The government, however, does not expect immediate results. The fact that we are still not close to an agreement does not mean that we will not continue to raise the issue, Maximos Palace sources note.