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Culture Minister Myrsini Zorba on Thursday strongly criticised main opposition New Democracy’s reaction to a decision by the Central Archaeological Council to declare an archaeological site in Piraeus, accusing the party of “systematically seeking to make issues of cultural heritage political.”

The decision of the CAC to declare a large part of the city of Piraeus as archaeological space puts a brake on an investment of millions of euros from the Chinese Cosco in the largest port of Greece.

Greece’s Central Archaeological Council appears to have placed obstacles to the completion of an investment plan for Piraeus, the country’s largest port, by Chinese shipping giant COSCO.