p希腊要求归还帕特农神庙雕塑,大英博物馆:这是人类共同遗产


p希腊要求归还帕特农神庙雕塑,大英博物馆:这是人类共同遗产
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The sculptures in the Parthenon gallery at the British Museum in London, UK, August 27, 2020. /CFP
希腊总理基里亚科斯·米佐塔基斯周五表示,大英博物馆的帕特农神庙雕塑应该归还雅典,并呼吁与英国进行谈判以实现这一目标。
大英博物馆拒绝归并且声称,这些雕塑是艾尔金伯爵与鄂图曼帝国签定法律合约获得的,它们是全人类共同遗产的一部分。
今年3月份,英国首相约翰逊也曾表示,英国是帕特农神庙神像的合法拥有者,拒绝将这些具有2500年历史的神像归还给希腊。
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday that the Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum should be returned to Athens and called for talks with Britain to achieve that aim.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in March that Britain is the legitimate owner of the Parthenon marbles, rebuffing Greece's permanent request for the return of the 2,500-year-old sculptures.
"The UK should move to a bona fide dialogue with Greece, and I urge them to do so," Mitsotakis said in a speech in Paris.
Addressing an event to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Mitsotakis said the body had taken a pivotal step in September, when it recognized the issue had an intergovernmental character.
"Therefore the obligation to return the Parthenon sculptures lies squarely with the UK government," he said.
Since independence in 1832, Greece has repeatedly called for the return of the sculptures – known in Britain as the Elgin Marbles – that British diplomat Lord Elgin removed from the Parthenon temple in Athens in the early 19th century, when Greece was under Ottoman rule.
The British Museum in London has refused to return the sculptures – roughly half of a 160-meter frieze that adorned the 5th century BC monument – saying they were acquired by Elgin under a legal contract with the Ottoman Empire. It says they "are part of everyone's shared heritage."
"It is essential that the Parthenon marbles in London should be reunited with the majority of the Parthenon sculptures in Athens," Mitsotakis said.
p希腊要求归还帕特农神庙雕塑,大英博物馆:这是人类共同遗产

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