2023-08-26 04:45:56
(Source: swissinfo)
According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Geneva, the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC) announced on August 25 that it had returned five artifacts to the China.
The announcement said FOC Director Carine Bachmann attended the event with Chinese Ambassador to Switzerland Shihting Wang.
This is an activity organized within the framework of the Federal Act on International Transfer of Cultural Property (CPTA).
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Antiquities include a horse statue from the Han Dynasty, a Song Dynasty vase, a pair of horse statues from the Tang Dynasty and a coin from the Yuan Dynasty.
These are items obtained during criminal proceedings in the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Ticino.
Job return the antiquities implemented as part of the CPTA, which provides for the implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on Measures for the Prohibition and Prevention of the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. .
The above activity also emphasizes the shared commitment of Switzerland and China in implementing the UNESCO Convention and addressing the disposal of stolen cultural property.
In addition, since 2014, Switzerland has had a bilateral agreement with China on the import and return of cultural property.
Mr. Hien (VNA/Vietnam+)
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