经过数十年的谈判，希腊同意将中世纪保加利亚帝国统治者沙皇塞缪尔的遗骨归还保加利亚1。沙皇塞缪尔曾于997年至1014年统治保加利亚帝国1，其遗骨在60年前于希腊边境地区被发现1。保加利亚于2007年正式启动遗骨归还谈判1，定于2026年10月3日在索菲亚举行接收仪式1。
作为交换，保加利亚向希腊归还了48件一战期间被保加利亚军队从北希腊教堂和修道院掠夺的物品1。接收仪式将采用庄严规格进行，包括军用飞机运送遗骨、战斗机护航、21响礼炮和游行至圣智大教堂等环节1。保加利亚政府为此次活动安排了750名警察和免费列车服务以便民众参与1。
保加利亚总理鲁门·拉德夫表示："如果过去沙皇塞缪尔分裂了我们，我可以说今天他团结了我们"1。希腊总理基里亚科斯·米佐塔基斯希望此举能为希腊争取英国博物馆收藏的帕特农神庙大理石雕塑增加国际支持力度1。此外，北马其顿也对沙皇塞缪尔提出了历史声称1。
Greece will hand over the skeletal remains of Czar Samuel, a medieval ruler of the Bulgarian Empire, to Bulgaria on October 3, 2026, in a ceremony to be held in Sofia, following decades of diplomatic negotiations 1. Samuel ruled the Bulgarian Empire from 997 to 1014 1. The bones were discovered approximately sixty years ago in a border region of Greece 1. Bulgaria formally initiated repatriation negotiations in 2007 1.
As part of the exchange, Bulgaria will return forty-eight artifacts that were looted from northern Greek churches and monasteries by Bulgarian forces during World War I 1.
The repatriation ceremony will feature military aircraft transport, fighter jet escort, a twenty-one-gun salute, and a procession to the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral 1. Bulgaria has mobilized seven hundred fifty police officers for the event and arranged free train transportation for citizens wishing to attend 1.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev stated, "If in the past Czar Samuel divided us, I can say today he unites us" 1. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis views the gesture as part of efforts to build international support for Greece's claim to the Parthenon Marbles held by the British Museum 1.
North Macedonia has also made historical claims regarding Czar Samuel 1.
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