Unfortunate event characterized by Kyriakos Mitsotakis his decision Rishi Sunak to cancel their meeting by informing the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou for government reform initiatives. Mr. Mitsotakis emphasized, however, that the British Prime Minister’s decision gave greater publicity to Greece’s just demand for the return of the Sculptors.

“First observation, I think that this it will not affect Greek-British relations in the long term which have a significant historical depth” pointed out Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Secondly, emphasized the prime minister, there was also a positive side to the cancellation of this meeting, that it gained even more publicity, not only in the United Kingdom, but also in the world public opinion, the fair request of Greece for the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures”.

“We can hope that the just request of our country will find a response sooner or later”

“We all watched what happened in London. What I find important, why the Parthenon is the symbol not only of the classical period, but important for the world’s cultural heritage because it is the symbol of Democracy and wisdom, therefore the reunification of the Sculptors which is a request of the country perhaps even from the beginning of the establishment of the state and now it has progressed – has found this, and I consider it very important, to be understood and recognized by the international public opinion, the British public opinion. And that’s probably the big win. Why some issues are not resolved automatically. They want time» pointed out the President of the Republic.

“So I think we can hope that the just request of our country will find a response sooner or later” added Ms. Sakellaropoulou.

“The request for the Sculptures arises from law, history and universal cultural values”

The request for the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures is a request that arises from law, from history and from universal cultural values, emphasized the Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Gerapetritis, asked about his meeting with his British counterpart, David Cameronupon his arrival for the second day of the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Summit in Brussels.

At the same time, he underlined that “regardless of this, it is our belief that the bilateral relations between Greece and the United Kingdom they should be good and we will work with my counterpart in this direction». In relation to the meeting with his American counterpart, Anthony Blinken, Mr. Gerapetritis pointed out that “we had the opportunity to confirm the excellent relations between the United States and Greeceto work out the issues that are currently at the forefront of the regional and international debate, to organize our next steps which include my visit to Washington and of course to evaluate the position of Greece, the creative position of Greece in issue of the Middle East where as a reliable player, Greece can perform an important mediating role”. Also, the foreign minister noted that he considers it extremely important for the Alliance to emphasize the South as well.