His annoyance at the fact that the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak canceled their scheduled meeting only a few hours before it took place, the Greek Prime Minister expressed, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

“I express my dismay at the fact that the British Prime Minister canceled our scheduled meeting just hours before it was due to take place.

Greece and Britain are united by traditional ties of friendship and the framework of our bilateral relations is extremely broad.

Greece’s positions on the issue of the Parthenon Sculptures are well known. I was hoping to have the opportunity to discuss them with my British counterpart as well, along with the major challenges of the international moment: Gaza, Ukraine, Climate crisis, migration.

Whoever believes in the correctness and justice of his positions is never afraid of opposing arguments” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mistotakis said.

As the SKAI correspondent from London, Thanasis Gavos, reports, the Greek side, according to information, considers it clear that the unexpected cancellation of the appointment by Rishi Sunak is due to the issue of the Sculptures and the Prime Minister’s statements. In fact, it is perceived as a diplomatic foul and an indecent move on the part of the British Prime Minister.

The information about the cancellation was given at the time of the Mitsotakis-Starmer meeting, of which Mr. Sunak was fully aware. The meeting with the head of the British Labor Party took place in a very good atmosphere, while reference was also made to the Parthenon Sculptures.

Downing Street, for its part, maintains that something has come up in Rishi Sunak’s program. Following this development, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will return to Athens earlier tomorrow.

It is recalled that the representative of Rishi Sunak reported earlier that the British Govt “has no plans to change the law that prohibits the Parthenon Sculptures from leaving permanently from the British Museum and considers that the london institution is “the right place” about their housing, when asked about the British Prime Minister’s reaction to Mitsotakis’ statements to the BBC.

“We don’t plan to change our approach”, he said. He added that he has not asked Mr. Sunak about specific short-term or new ideas but noted that he does not think that the position of the British Prime Minister has changed. He also replied that “we do not agree with this characterization” when asked about Mr. Mitsotakis’ comparison of the fragmented Sculptures to a torn Mona Lisa.

Fill in how the Sculptures were legally acquired.

Regarding the general sentiment from the AXA investment conference, government sources reported that there was a much better sentiment for the Greek economy from investors than last year because there was no longer the political risk of the elections. The Greek side also expresses much greater optimism for investments and a very great interest, as was seen by the over-covering of the allocation of shares of the National Bank.