i should with the prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis. e minister, what kind of relationship do want with --? kyriakos: there are also a competitor, also a rival. they have been advocating for a comprehensive european approach. we do not want to decouple. we want to de-risk. we need a more intelligent approach. that is also with china. that is for us. china is an important market. in terms of bringing the chinese and. it is much less in terms of social capital. when you look at capital and the past two years, no capital came in. francine: when you see it is impossible to decouple, is because codependency is too big. kyriakos: i'm not so much talking about the greek economy, i'm talking about -- the globalized economy is a reality, but there is a limit to how much we can actually do that. francine: when you look at tourism, it is booming. some places are overcrowded. kyriakos: i want to be sure that in five years from now we will not have sacrificed the beauty -- that is why i would always push for quality over quantity. there are regional

francine: my conversation with kyriakos mitsotakis, next on "leaders with lacqua." francine:u have a second mandate from the greek people. what is your intention on how that will unfold in the coming years? pm mitsotakis: first of all, i am very happy, very honored and very proud to be able to secure a second mandate. we actually got a higher share of the vote than in 2019, something that is unusual for incumbent governments in these difficult times. and i want to make sure that i use this mandate to drive forward an aggressive reform agenda and to make sure that greece makes up for the lost ground of the crisis and actually converges with europe at a very fast pace. so a high growth rate is, for me, my number one priority. this will also give us the fiscal space to drive through important changes in health, in education, and other policies and areas i deeply care about. francine: you are very confident that you will get investment-grade. when you get investment-grade, what does that mean in terms of possible extra investment coming into the country? pm mitsotakis: i

francine: kyriakos mitsotakis, the greek prime minister who many have credited for the transformationtry

francine: kyriakos mitsotakis, the greek prime minister who many have credited

now, you might recall that earlier this week, mr sunak cancelled a meeting with kyriakos mitsotakis after elgin marbles to be returned to athens from the british museum. that has sparked a right old ding—dong, greek papers making it fairly clear this morning what they think of the british. i won't repeat what was on their front pages. nor entirely comfortable for the king, whose late father of course was greek. let's speak to our political correspondent, leila matthew. surely it is no coincidence that he was wearing this time. what has been the reaction from number ten? you wearing this time. what has been the reaction from number ten?— reaction from number ten? you are riaht, reaction from number ten? you are riuht, it reaction from number ten? you are right. it was _ reaction from number ten? you are right. it was a _ reaction from number ten? you are right, it was a right _ reaction from number ten? you are right, it was a right old _ reaction from number ten? you are right, it was a right old ding-dong, | right, it was a right old ding—dong, as you put it, over this row with the greek

. >> he was due to meet the greek pm kyriakos mitsotakis, at cop28 tonight.. >> well, the historian broadcast rafe heydel—mankoo is here with us and the broadcaster tanya buxton. they're both on the studio. and rafe, you passionately believe, don't you, that the marbles belong in the british museum ? british museum? >> i do. i'm terribly sorry, but i should say i'm also part greek. my great grandfather, zygmunt mineyko , discovered the zygmunt mineyko, discovered the temple of zeus at dodona. and my cousin, the greek prime minister, george papandreou , who minister, george papandreou, who was one of the is one of the leading voices calling for their restitution. understand. restitution. so i understand. and i'm sympathetic to the and i'm very sympathetic to the greek cause, but it would set a terrible , dangerous precedent if terrible, dangerous precedent if we going to return the we were going to return the elgin marbles , you know, the elgin marbles, you know, the british museum and the louvre and the in new york are and the met in new york are unique , a u