"Washington-Athens tension over 'Turks in northern Thrace' statement
Diplomatic feathers have been ruffled in Greece this week following a reference by US Embassy Charge D'Affaires Thoman Countryman to the minority population living in Greece's northeastern Thracian provinces as 'Turkish.' Following Countryman's statement, US Ambassador to Greece Charles Ries was called to the Greek Foreign Ministry, where he was told of Greek discomfort over Countryman's words, which had been issued in an interview with the Greek newspaper Elefterotipia. "
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