Greek PM: deal to return Parthenon marbles could still be reached with ‘political will and courage’

The Greek PM wrote in the Guardian that the reunification of the marbles could become ‘the foundation of a broad and enduring cultural partnership between our countries’. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

The Greek prime minister has said a deal can still be reached to return the Parthenon marbles with “political will” but his country will not accept a loan in the style of the Bayeux tapestry’s visit from France.

Writing for the Guardian, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece “cannot accept any arrangement that would require it to recognise the British Museum’s ownership of the sculptures, or a scheme that would mean we ‘borrow’ parts of our own monument”.