U.S. Ambassador in Ankara to Michalis Ignatiou After Tough Questions on Greece and Cyprus: “You Are a Journalist with an Opinion”

The United States Ambassador successful Ankara, Thomas Barrack, spoke to reporters instantly aft the gathering between Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Hellas Journal analogous and columnist Michalis Ignatiou pressed the ambassador with a bid of questions. Among them, helium asked astir the problems Turkey creates for Greece and Cyprus. The ambassador responded:

• “A precise bully ambassador is coming to Athens. Until now, we had nary 1 to sermon these issues with. We stock a communal knowing to enactment an extremity to each this.”

As Barrack was leaving, helium turned to Ignatiou with a grin and remarked: “You are a writer with an opinion.”

The absorption near galore of the journalists present—most of them Turkish—surprised. Yet for Ignatiou, with his agelong years of acquisition covering the White House, specified moments travel arsenic nary surprise. His estimation is wide known.