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要文物?英首相:取消会见

据英国媒体27日报道,希腊总理米佐塔基斯(Mitsotakis)正在英国访问,原定于周二中午在伦敦与英国首相苏纳克(Sunak)举行会谈。

周一晚些时候,由于双方围绕帕特农神庙埃尔金大理石雕塑问题争吵升级,突然传出会谈将取消的消息。

The UK government has cancelled a meeting between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Greek counterpart amid a diplomatic row over which of the two nations should hold a collection of ancient Greek sculptures.  

Greece and Britain have long argued over the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, which were once part of the Temple of Athena on the Acropolis in Athens. For years they have been part of the permanent collection at London's British Museum.

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希腊领导人在一份简短声明中表示:“我对英国首相在原定会晤举行前几个小时取消会晤的做法表示不满。”据报道,米佐塔基斯拒绝了英方提出的改为与英国副首相奥利弗·道登举行会晤的提议。

"I express my annoyance that the British Prime Minister cancelled our planned meeting just hours before it was due to take place," Mitsotakis said in a statement.

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希腊多次要求大英博物馆永久归还埃尔金大理石雕塑。该雕塑是在19世纪初由英国外交官“埃尔金伯爵”托马斯·布鲁斯从雅典帕特农神庙运到英国的,后成为大英博物馆最著名的馆藏品之一。
希腊媒体援引政府内部人士的消息称,米佐塔基斯26日接受英国广播公司(BBC)采访时谈到文物归还问题时的一些话,令苏纳克“感到不安”。

米佐塔基斯在周日接受BBC采访时抱怨,关于雕塑可能归还雅典的谈判进展不够快。 他说,雕塑继续留在大英博物馆就像是将“蒙娜丽莎”切成两半,这不是所有权的问题,而是“重新统一”的问题。

Speaking Sunday to the BBC, Mitsotakis said that having half of the Elgin Marbles in the UK was like "cutting the Mona Lisa in half," describing the sculptures as having been "essentially stolen" from Greece.

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