{"id":1763,"date":"2020-07-25T01:23:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T01:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/sweden\/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-announcement-on-the-conversion-of-hagia-sophia-into-mosque\/"},"modified":"2020-07-25T01:23:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T01:23:32","slug":"ministry-of-foreign-affairs-announcement-on-the-conversion-of-hagia-sophia-into-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/sweden\/en\/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-announcement-on-the-conversion-of-hagia-sophia-into-mosque\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs announcement on the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Altering the nature of important cultural monuments indisputably deals a blow to the cultural heritage of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>This<br \/>\n alteration constitutes a violation of Turkey\u2019s obligations that derive<br \/>\nfrom the UNESCO Convention of 1972, and casts a dark shadow on its<br \/>\nimage.<\/p>\n<p>The use of monuments of such radiance and powerful<br \/>\nsymbolism must transcend any expediencies and should function in a way<br \/>\nthat unites and reconciles the global community.<\/p>\n<p>Changing the use<br \/>\n of the monument, beyond the symbolism of such a move, seriously<br \/>\njeopardises the integrity of the structure, the mosaics and other works<br \/>\nof art in its interior.<\/p>\n<p>We will work to raise and maintain<br \/>\nawareness in the global community, because the conversion of Hagia<br \/>\nSophia \u2013 a UNESCO world heritage site \u2013 into a mosque is an issue that<br \/>\nconcerns all of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when we need convergence and<br \/>\nsteps towards unity, moves that foment religious and cultural division,<br \/>\nwidening rather than bridging rifts, do not contribute to understanding<br \/>\nand closer relations among peoples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Altering the nature of important cultural monuments indisputably deals a blow to the cultural heritage of humanity. This alteration constitutes a violation of Turkey\u2019s obligations that derive from the UNESCO Convention of 1972, and casts a dark shadow on its image. The use of monuments of such radiance and powerful symbolism must transcend any expediencies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-embassy-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/sweden\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/sweden\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/sweden\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/sweden\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/sweden\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/sweden\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/sweden\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/sweden\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/sweden\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}