Denmark announced on Monday a $ 2 billion security plan in the Arctic Cancer before the Prime Minister of Berlin, Paris, and Brussels visited to strengthen Greenland’s unification. The announcement came after U.S. President Donald Trump said Greenland was needed for national security.
In a statement, Denmark’s Minister of Defense, Trohels Lund Paul Sen, said, “We must face the fact that there are serious issues in the Arctic and North Atlantic.”
His announcement was prior to Denmark’s visit to Berlin, Paris and Brussels this week.
Denmark has also launched a $ 2 billion Arctic security plan.
Greenland is already part of the Arctic power struggle. When ice melts due to global warming, the fight against natural resources is intensifying. Huge oil and gas sediment is thought to be under the sea. Russia and China have already increased the Arctic’s mining activities and military existence, and this area may immediately provide new transportation routes between the United States and Europe.
“Europe is in a serious situation. Due to the war and geopolitical changes in war with the continent, and unity is important in such a moment,” said Denmark’s Prime Minister Methte Frederixen.
She said she would meet French President Emmanuel Macron, German Prime Minister Olaf Choltz, and Mark Latte, Secretary -General of the NATO Atlantic Defense Alliance.
“Denmark is a small country with a strong alliance, and it’s a powerful European community that can respond to the challenges we face,” Frederixen said.
The announcement and visits were made earlier this month after rejected to the control of Greenland and the Panama Canal and refused to use military power to exclude so.
“I need Greenland for the purpose of national security,” he said.
“Do not negotiate”
KAJA KALLAS, head of the EU, said on Monday that the European Union had not negotiated in Greenland following Trump’s claim.
“We are not negotiating in Greenland. Of course, we support the member countries Denmark and its autonomous area, Greenland, but this is not the current situation, so everything is about. You should not guess, “he told reporters after the meeting of the Foreign Minister of the EU.
Greenland and Denmark publicly say that the Arctic Islands are not on sale, and Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Eugede says that people should decide their future.
According to the reported, Trump was told that he had talked to Denmark’s Prime Minister Frederixen on a 45 -minute phone call last week, and was said to be “terrible” and increased rhetoric by threatening tariffs.
“The intentions were very clear. They want it. The Denmarks are currently in crisis mode,” said a European official.