December 6, 2003

Robin Cook expresses support for Parthenon Marbles reunification

Posted at 1:01 pm in Elgin Marbles

Former British foreign Minister Robin Cook expressed support for the return of the Parthenon Marbles during a conference in Athens.

From:
Kathimerini (English Edition)

Friday December 5, 2003 – Archive
In Brief

[…]

Cook on Marbles

European Socialist Party President and former British Foreign Minister Robin Cook, visiting Athens to speak at a conference on modern socialism yesterday, expressed his support for Greece’s campaign for the return of the British Museum’s Elgin, or Parthenon, Marbles to Athens, in exchange for the loan of significant Greek antiquities to museums in Britain.

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