Why are we writing about this?
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly spoken about the need for the United States to take over Greenland. He recently speculated that if the US does not take control of Greenland, China or Russia will do so. He rejected other solutions, such as increasing the presence of US troops there and the NATO mission on the island proposed by Germany. In a recent interview with the New York Times, he said the US may have to “choose” between Greenland and NATO.
What did the Russian ambassador to Denmark say?
The pro-Kremlin news agency TASS talked to the Russian ambassador to Denmark. “Russia does not claim Greenland,” said Vladimir Barbin. — Russia has no aggressive plans towards its Arctic neighbors, does not threaten them with military action, does not use blackmail and does not seek to take over their territories, he emphasized diplomatically.
Why is Greenland currently in the spotlight?
What did the Russian ambassador to Denmark say?
What plans did Donald Trump have for Greenland?
Who keeps Greenland safe?
“Yet NATO countries, including Denmark, are making extensive use of the threat fetish from Russia or China to militarize the Arctic,” Barbin said. In his opinion, “by drawing NATO into the Arctic, including Greenland, Denmark is promoting a confrontational approach that always leads not to strengthening, but to weakening security and increasing military tensions in the region.”
At the same time, it should be recalled that such statements are a permanent element of Russian politics. President Vladimir Putin spoke similar words about Ukraine before 2014, emphasizing that Russia had no aggressive intentions either towards Crimea or other parts of Ukraine.
What do we know about Greenland?
Greenland, which is a dependent territory of Denmark, does not have its own army. Security of the island is provided by Danish soldiers, and under the agreement with Copenhagen in the 1950s, also by US troops. The Americans in Greenland have their own military space base, Pituffik.
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