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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Greece seeks win win deal on parthenon sculptures in uk ca75c70a 9d10 48c2 8fd3 622f4e125699 - The Untold Story

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Cabinet ministers from Greece and the U.K. discussed Greece's bid to get the Parthenon Sculptures returned from London but gave no sign the world's thorniest cultural heritage issue was any closer to resolution Tuesday.

Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said he told U.K. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Europe Leo Docherty that Athens seeks a “win-win” solution with the British Museum, where ancient Greek marble works that originally decorated the Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis are displayed.

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