The highest European Union army official, Robert Brieger, mentioned it will make sense to station troops from EU nations in Greenland, in accordance with an interview with Germany’s Welt am Sonntag revealed on Saturday, as U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed curiosity in buying the Danish territory.
“In my opinion, it will make good sense not solely to station U.S. forces in Greenland, as has been the case to this point, but additionally to think about stationing EU troopers there sooner or later,” the chairman of the European Union Navy Committee mentioned.
In the end, such a step would require a political resolution, the Austrian-born basic mentioned. The army committee is the best army workplace of the European Council, but it surely serves as a consultative physique for the reason that bloc has no devoted military.
U.S.-led NATO is the principle army alliance for the EU.
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Though Greenland shouldn’t be a part of the EU as an abroad territory of Denmark, Europeans, in addition to the U.S. have pursuits in Greenland, the final added, citing its uncooked supplies and strategic location.
Robert Brieger, chairman of the European Union Navy Committee (EUMC), poses for a household photograph with different attendees throughout the casual EU ministerial assembly on defence in Toledo, Spain on August 30, 2023. (REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photograph)
“Nonetheless, with rising ice soften on account of local weather change, this additionally creates a sure potential for pressure with Russia and probably China,” he mentioned.
Trump has expressed an curiosity in making Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, a part of the US. He has not dominated out utilizing army or financial energy to steer Denmark at hand it over.
Greenland’s strategic location alongside the shortest route from Europe to North America, very important for the U.S. ballistic missile warning system, has made it a precedence for Trump.
Brieger mentioned he hoped that the U.S. as a member of the United Nations would respect the inviolability of borders as stipulated within the U.N. Constitution.
