The assertion of the consultant of Turkey to UNESCO concerning the Parthenon Sculptures is encouraging – 2024-06-24 05:14:23

“We’re persevering with and intensifying the technique of repatriating the Parthenon sculptures, and this technique has introduced seen outcomes. For the primary time the British facet feels that they’re in a troublesome place.” This was emphasised within the Parliament by the Minister of Tradition, Lina Mendoni, in response to a topical query of the Parliamentarian of Freedom of Navigation, Alexandros Kazamias, rejecting his complaints regarding “the necessity to revise the federal government’s technique, which is weak in claiming the Parthenon Sculptures”.

On the identical time, Lina Mendoni described the assertion of the consultant of Turkey to UNESCO, relating to the Parthenon Sculptures, as clear and reinforcing for Greece’s technique.

“It was not by probability and it is usually reinforcing the clear assertion of Zeyne Boz, head of the Anti-Smuggling Division of the Ministry of Tradition and Tourism of Turkey on the UNESCO Summit, that there isn’t any official doc in Turkey’s archives that proves that the Ottoman State bought the Parthenon sculptures to Lord Elgin. All this proves that our technique is dynamic, sturdy, in the suitable course and doesn’t want revision” famous the Minister of Tradition.

For his half, the Freedom of Navigation MP referred to as the assertion of Turkey’s consultant to UNESCO on informing and mobilizing worldwide public opinion and the return of the Parthenon Sculptures a “sturdy argument for Greece”, however asserting that “the response of presidency’s response to this current improvement was low-key” and referred to as on it to “intensify its marketing campaign with a extra dynamic and vigorous assertion of its simply calls for”.

“The federal government’s technique is something however weak,” countered Ms. Mendoni and added:

“Greece continues and intensifies its efforts, via dialogue, to discover a mutually acceptable answer. We make the most of all applicable means, and diplomacy, to tell and sensitize public opinion. And a technique for such issues can’t be apparent. Actions are being made that aren’t introduced however yield outcomes, exerting systematic strain on Nice Britain via cultural diplomacy. Way more steps have been taken by this authorities than what had been carried out since 1982, when Melina Merkouri began the combat to assert the Parthenon Sculptures”.

Supply: RES