The Greek Culture Ministry on Wednesday announced that it would seek the repatriation of a 2,700-year-old bronze horse statue from New York which it says was illegally exported from Greece, after a U.S. court rejected an auction house’s bid to proceed with the sale of the artifact.

US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt said all the islands have the same rights as the mainland of Greece, as defined by international maritime law, when asked about the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) during a discussion at the Delphi Economic Forum.