Afghanistan, Nov. 3 -- The Netherlands will return a 3,500-year-old Egyptian statue seized in 2022 after Dutch authorities confirmed it was illegally taken from Egypt during past unrest.
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof announced during his visit to Egypt that the Netherlands will return a 3,500-year-old statue to Cairo, marking a gesture of cultural restitution between the two nations.
Schoof made the pledge during a joint press conference with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Sunday, saying the artifact was seized in 2022 after authorities learned of its illegal provenance. The piece had been displayed at an art exhibition in Maastricht before being confiscated.
According to Dutch police, the statue-believed to depict a senio...