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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-10-05
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[01] Liapis meets chairman of 'Parthenon Int'l'
[01] Liapis meets chairman of 'Parthenon Int'l'
Culture Minister Mihalis Liapis on Friday morning met the chairman of
the International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon
Sculptures David Hill, who told reporters he had been impressed by the
new Acropolis Museum that is now nearing completion and the high
priority given by Liapis to the return of the Parthenon Marbles to
Greece.
According to Liapis, the transfer of the sculptures currently held in
the old museum on the Acropolis citadel to the new Acropolis Museum
created a new hopeful, prospect regarding the return of the sculptures
now held by the British Museum in London, while stressing that this was
"a lasting historic debt".
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