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The Greek prime minister "paid for" the Tory collapse in public opinion polls, according to British analyst Simon Nixon.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will chair a cabinet meeting at 11 a.m. on Thursday, to discuss the 2024 state budget and a bill concerning climate change policies, among other issues.   

At 4 p.m., Mitsotakis will meet with Google Vice-President for Engineering & Research, Yossi Matias, to mark the 15 years of the company's presence in Greece.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has escalated his war of words with Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accusing the Greek premier of trying to "grandstand" over the disputed Parthenon Marbles and breaking a promise to the UK government ahead of a planned meeting between the two leaders.

European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas has described a decision by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to cancel a meeting with visiting Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis "as un-British as it gets."

The diplomatic spat between Rishi Sunak and Kyriakos Mitsotakis, triggered by the UK prime minister's abrupt cancellation of a scheduled London meeting with his Greek counterpart after the latter restated Greece's claim to the Parthenon sculptures housed in London, is not anticipated to impact the ongoing negotiations for a potential deal on the artifacts, according to British Museum officials

In the wake of the unprecedented spat with London, Athens believes the reasons behind the cancellation at the 11th hour of the meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis by British counterpart Rishi Sunak on Monday evening were not a supposed "agreement" between the two sides not to discuss the Parthenon Sculptures issue, but political and diplomatic. 

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelled Tuesday's meeting with his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, after his office said the two sides had previously agreed that it should not be used as a public platform "to relitigate long, long settled matters," a reference to ownership of the Parthenon Sculptures.

Greek officials said Tuesday that they will continue talks with the British Museum about bringing the Parthenon Marbles back to Athens, despite UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak canceling a meeting with his Greek counterpart where the contested antiquities were due to be discussed.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's decision to cancel a meeting with his Greek counterpart in London just hours before Kyriakos Mitsotakis was expected at 10 Downing Street, is "unprecedented" and "disrespectful," the government spokesman in Athens said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met leading investors and presented investment opportunities in Greece at the investment roadshow held by the Athens Stock Exchange and Morgan Stanley in London on Monday.