Talks under way for Austria to lend Parthenon marbles to Greece
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- 08 May 2023
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Austria's Foreign Minister said on Tuesday that a museum in Vienna is in talks aimed at lending two marble pieces of the Parthenon to Greece.
Athens hopes the development will help in negotiations with Britain over a much larger hoard.
Two fragments of the Parthenon's northern frieze are currently held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Greece hopes that with each agreement to return pieces to Athens there will be growing “positive momentum” in talks on returning pieces being kept elsewhere.
“I am very pleased that technical discussions are taking place between the Kunsthistorische Museum and the Acropolis Museum on mutual loans of the Parthenon frieze,” Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg told a news conference with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias.
“I am very hopeful that the talks can move on very quickly and the marbles will be on display in Athens.” Read More..
