Posted 11/29/2023, 3:43:00 PM
Sunak-Mitsotakis talks cancelled amid Elgin Marbles row
- Rishi Sunak cancels meeting with Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accusing him of trying to "grandstand" over Elgin Marbles issue
- Labour leader Keir Starmer claims Sunak has "lost his marbles" and picked a "one-man war on reality"
- Greece denies breaking assurances over not raising Marbles in talks, says fallout won't damage UK-Greece relations
- UK and Greece have long disagreed over the ancient Parthenon sculptures taken to Britain in 19th century
- Greece continues calls for Marbles to be returned from British Museum to Athens, citing history, justice and culture