Pompeo Urges Greece and Turkey to Press on With Talks

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hold a meeting during their visit to the Naval Support Activity base at Souda, Crete, Greece, on Sept. 29, 2020. Aris Messinis/Pool via Reuters

ATHENS—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged NATO allies Greece and Turkey on Tuesday to continue talks on a maritime boundaries dispute as soon as possible.

Greece and Turkey, at loggerheads on a range of issues, have agreed to resume exploratory talks over contested maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean following weeks of tensions but have not announced a date for the talks.