Germany will ship 13 troopers to Greenland on Thursday as a part of a reconnaissance mission with different European nations, the German authorities and protection ministry stated on Wednesday, following calls for by President Donald Trump for Washington to have management of the island.
The mission, which comes on the request of Denmark, will happen from Thursday to Saturday, aiming to discover potential army contributions to bolster the safety of the area, a protection ministry assertion stated.
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This might, for instance, embrace maritime surveillance, it added.
Trump has repeatedly stated in latest weeks that Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark that’s strategically positioned and wealthy in minerals, is important to U.S. safety, and that the US should personal it to forestall Russia or China from occupying it.
He has stated all choices are on the desk for securing the territory, rhetoric that has severely strained relations between Europe and the U.S.
Earlier Wednesday, Sweden and Norway introduced that they might ship army personnel to the island.
