The long running dispute over the Elgin Marbles should be settled by mediation, Britain is told
An engraving of the Elgin Marbles showing their first display at the British Museum.
William Hague, Britain's Foreign Secretary, has been urged to take part in a “mediation procedure” with Greece in a fresh diplomatic bid to resolve the long-running dispute over the Elgin Marbles.
Unesco, the United Nation's cultural organisation, has written to the Foreign Secretary, to Maria Miller, the culture secretary, and to Neil MacGregor, the British Museum's director, inviting them to sit down with Greek officials and seek a mutually acceptable solution to the issue of the sculptures – once part of the ancient Parthenon building in Athens.
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