Rishi Sunak, the UK prime minister, has delivered a snub to his Greek counterpart in a dispute over the future of the so-called Elgin Marbles, amid signs the fate of the 2,500-year-old carvings is again about to become a hot British political issue.
Downing Street on Monday night told Kyriakos Mitsotakis that Sunak would no longer meet him in Number 10 on Tuesday — an event that had already been announced by the Greek prime minister’s office.
A senior Conservative source said the meeting was cancelled because of “commentary” ahead of the event. Mitsotakis said having the frieze in London was like having the Mona Lisa “cut in half”.
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