Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an exclusive interview to Breitbart News on the sidelines of the Delphi Economic Forum — an annual gathering of global leaders held in Greece. In the interview, he expressed strong support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s diplomatic efforts to reach a deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran, aimed at ending hostilities in the Middle East, restoring regional stability, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and helping global energy markets recover from recent economic disruptions.
A Year After His EU-US Trade Prediction
This interview comes roughly one year after Mitsotakis made a similar appearance on Breitbart News, shortly after Trump imposed sweeping global tariffs on Liberation Day — the first major trade move of his second term. At the time, Mitsotakis urged calm, predicting that the U.S. and the European Union would soon strike a mutually beneficial ‘win-win’ trade agreement. His forecast proved accurate: just months later, in July of last year, Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signed a trade agreement during Trump’s visit to Turnberry, Scotland.
New Diplomatic Bet: US-Iran Talks
Now, Mitsotakis is placing renewed confidence in diplomacy — this time urging progress between Washington and Tehran. He said he remains optimistic that a U.S.-Iran agreement can be reached soon, not only to end what he described as the ‘U.S. war in Iran’ — a phrasing reflecting heightened tensions — but also to stabilize global energy markets.
He reaffirmed Greece’s longstanding position that Iran must never acquire nuclear weapons. Yet he emphasized that the current moment has shifted focus toward the broader economic fallout of regional instability. ‘Let’s hope we’ll also have some kind of agreement regarding the situation in the Middle East, because, of course, we’re all quite concerned about the economic implications,’ Mitsotakis told Breitbart.
‘From the beginning, we’ve said Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon — and as a regional country, we’ve always been deeply concerned about Iran’s destabilizing influence. But I think we’ve reached a point where we need to be equally worried about the economic consequences of this situation,’ he added.