The US Ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack, publicly called the longstanding Greece-Turkey dispute "ridiculous" in an inte...

The US Ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack, publicly called the longstanding Greece-Turkey dispute "ridiculous" in an interview shared on October 23, saying the two countries have been arguing "forever" and need to stop. Barrack argued that Greece and Turkey are wasting an opportunity by fighting instead of working together. His proposed fix was straightforward: the two countries should align on energy, agree to build two shared corridors, and "help each other." He framed cooperation not as a diplomatic ideal but as an obvious practical step that neither side is taking. The remarks came from a clip circulated by Clash Report and Mario Nawfal, and were picked up by Kathimerini. Barrack is Trump's appointed ambassador to Ankara, which gives the comment extra weight as a signal of how Washington currently views the decades-old feud between two NATO allies. His framing puts the blame on both countries equally, dismissing the substance of the dispute entirely. Greece's concerns over Turkish violations of its airspace, the status of Cyprus, and contested Aegean sovereignty get no mention in Barrack's energy-cooperation pitch. Whether Athens will see this as friendly advice or a pressure campaign to overlook unresolved territorial tensions is another matter entirely. #GreeceTurkey #USForeignPolicy #Aegean