Sunak hits back at Greek PM in Elgin Marbles row and warns return would be ‘slippery slope’

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Rishi Sunak scrapped a meeting with the Greek prime minister because he broke “assurances” not to use his visit to the UK to focus on the Elgin Marbles, No 10 has said.

A meeting set with Kyriakos Mitsotakis was unexpectedly cancelled after he spoke out about the marbles – known as the Parthenon Sculptures – which he wants returned to Athens from the British Museum.