A gaggle of European leaders on Tuesday underlined their assist for Denmark after US President Donald Trump once more voiced designs on its autonomous Arctic territory of Greenland.
The leaders of France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain in addition to Denmark mentioned that sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders had been “common rules, and we is not going to cease defending them”.
Washington’s army intervention in Venezuela has reignited fears about Trump’s designs on Greenland, which has untapped uncommon earth deposits and could possibly be a significant participant as polar ice melts, opening up new delivery routes.
Greenland is on the shortest route for missiles between Russia and the US, and Washington already has a army base there.
With the state of affairs in Venezuela extra urgent, Trump quipped on Sunday that “we’ll fear about Greenland in about two months”.
The European leaders’ joint assertion mentioned: “Arctic safety stays a key precedence for Europe and it’s crucial for worldwide and transatlantic safety.
“NATO has made it clear that the Arctic area is a precedence and European allies are stepping up.
“We and plenty of different allies have elevated our presence, actions and investments, to maintain the Arctic protected and to discourage adversaries.” They pressured that Denmark — together with Greenland — was a part of NATO.
“Safety within the Arctic should subsequently be achieved collectively, along with NATO allies together with the US, by upholding the rules of the UN Constitution, together with sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders,” the leaders mentioned.
“These are common rules, and we is not going to cease defending them.”
The assertion was signed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
They added that the US was “a necessary accomplice on this endeavour”.
“Greenland belongs to its folks. It’s for Denmark and Greenland, and them solely, to resolve on issues regarding Denmark and Greenland,” they mentioned.
