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Sir Keir Starmer will welcome Kyriakos Mitsotakis to No 10 on Tuesday morning

The Prime Minister will welcome Kyriakos Mitsotakis to No 10 on Tuesday morning.

The Parthenon marbles are rarely out of the news. Most recently, Turkish officials have rejected claims by the British Museum that British diplomat Lord Elgin was given permission from Ottoman authorities to remove the marbles from the Acropolis in Athens in the early years of the 19th century.

The Greek Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, expressed her anger late on Saturday after a London Fashion week show took place in front of the Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum.

Chilean social media users target institution, forcing it at one point to close comments on posts

Repatriation efforts were stymied for decades. But the problem can no longer be stalled

A diplomatic row erupted after Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with the Greek prime minister who wanted to discuss the statues

No10 says Rishi Sunak cancelled talks with Greek PM for allegedly breaking a promise not to raise the long-running row

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he will raise issue in meetings Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer