PM repeats call for return of Parthenon Sculptures to Athens

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday repeated calls for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Athens from the British Museum, months after a diplomatic spat with Britain over the 2,500-year-old pieces.

In his first public statement on the issue since November, Mitsotakis said his government has been in talks with the Chair of the British Museum about a deal to bring them back to the Acropolis Museum in the heart of the Greek capital.

"Let me be clear, we will insist on their reunification for many reasons. But one, in my mind, is the most important: Only by being seen together, in situ, in the shadow of the Acropolis, can we truly appreciate their immense cultural importance."

Athens has repeatedly called on the British Museum to permanently return the 2,500-year-old sculptures - known in Britain as the Elgin Marbles - that British diplomat Lord...