Nomin Chinbat, Mongolia’s culture minister calls for research into artefacts held by British institutions.
The Mongolian government has drawn up a list of hundreds of objects held by universities and museums in 34 countries, including the UK and Russia, that belong to the central Asian country and could be repatriated.
Nomin Chinbat: ‘What we are asking for at this moment is to create a group to actually research it [the issue of returning works].
To be honest, we actually prefer some of the artefacts to still be in the British Library or the British Museum, if [they are] displayed permanently and represent the country and the period of time, and the memory of the country.
This way it gives an opportunity for British people to know about Mongolia.’
