The possibility of establishing a branch of the British Museum in Greece is open, in order to facilitate the process of returning the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece.
In recent months, the Greek government has been in talks with the British Museum to make something that our country has been trying for decades a reality. The return of the Parthenon sculptures to their homeland.
George Gerapetritis confirmed the report of the British newspaper "The Guardian", stating that preliminary talks are taking place. However, there are some obstacles that need to be overcome.
The main problem is that the British Museum cannot remove exhibits from its collection. At the same time, it is unlikely that the Greek government will accept the solution of borrowing the exhibits. This could lead the discussions to a new shipwreck, but it seems there is good will to overcome this obstacle.
What solution is on the table
According to what ANT1's correspondent in Great Britain, Isaac Karipidis, reported, there is the possibility of creating a branch of the British Museum in Greece. This would make the return of the sculptures much easier.
"Speaking last night with a senior British government official involved in the matter, he told me the following very important thing: Given that no Greek government will ever accept the loan solution, the only way to return the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece without changing the 1963 law, which explicitly and categorically prohibits the British Museum from removing objects from its collections, is for the British Museum to open a kind of annex in Greece," the ANT1 reporter said.
At the same time, again speaking to ANT1, a British official stressed that: "thus, the Parthenon Sculptures will still belong to the British Museum, as the law requires, but at the same time they will be in Athens, as the Greek side wishes."
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