Marbles' return lies in 'dialogue, not litigation', says minister

Diplomacy rather than litigation will help Greece win its claim for the return of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum, Alternate Minister for Culture Nikos Xydakis said in an interview on Wednesday.

?On the one hand, you can?t file a suit over any issue, and, on the other, the outcome in international courts is never certain,? Xydakis told Mega TV.

?The way to winning back the Marbles is diplomatic and political,? he said in response to a report by the British firm of cultural heritage lawyers Norman Palmer and Geoffrey Robertson, urging Greece to take swift legal recourse.