Conflict over Greenland: Germany sends troopers – no resolution to the Greenland disaster | EUROtoday

In the nonetheless unresolved Greenland battle, Germany and different European NATO states are sending troopers to the large Arctic island. The Ministry of Defense in Berlin knowledgeable concerning the deployment of an exploration workforce with 13 Bundeswehr members instantly after a disaster assembly between Denmark and Greenland with the US authorities. According to Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, “fundamental” variations of opinion emerged in Washington. US President Donald Trump needs to take over Greenland.

The purpose of the Bundeswehr operation from Thursday morning is “to create the framework conditions for possible military contributions to support Denmark in ensuring security in the region,” the ministry said. For example, it concerns maritime surveillance capabilities. The “multinational exploration” is happening on the invitation of Denmark and can run from January fifteenth to seventeenth.

The Danes, with the help of Sweden and Norway, elevated their navy presence on Greenland, which is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark and thus additionally the Nato is. The USA maintains the Pituffik Space Base navy base there primarily based on agreements with the Danes – however that isn’t sufficient for Trump.

Trump stays robust: “Anything else is unacceptable”

For days, the US President has been repeating his claims to possession and justifying them with safety pursuits, resembling a menace from China and Russia. Anything aside from a Greenland within the fingers of the United States could be “unacceptable,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform the morning earlier than the disaster assembly – and thus additionally set the path for the appointment.

According to Rasmussen, the Danish and Greenlandic delegation traveled to Washington after “a series (…) of notable public statements on the security of Greenland and the Arctic.” “Our goal was to find a common way to increase this security,” mentioned the Danish overseas minister after the assembly along with his US counterpart Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, which was additionally attended by Greenland’s overseas coverage minister Vivian Motzfeldt.

There have been initially no concrete statements from the US aspect concerning the dialog. When requested by journalists within the White House, Trump mentioned at a press convention that was really about milk in faculties that it might stay to be seen what occurs to Greenland. He shall be knowledgeable concerning the assembly after the press convention.

Red strains of Denmark

Rasmussen spoke of forming a higher-level working group to see if a typical path could possibly be discovered that takes into consideration each American safety pursuits and the Kingdom of Denmark’s purple strains. This working group ought to meet for the primary time inside weeks.

In Copenhagen, Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, throughout a press convention, when requested how the navy would reply to an assault, mentioned this was a “hypothetical” scenario. “But the order is that you have to defend the kingdom if you are attacked,” he mentioned.

Trump’s menace to China and Russia

Trump had beforehand written that membership in NATO was not adequate safety – neither for Greenland nor the USA. The island is crucial for the development of the deliberate “Golden Dome” missile protection, so NATO ought to pave the best way for a US takeover of the island, Trump wrote. In capital letters he threatened that in any other case China or Russia would do that. He will stop that. Trump had repeatedly referred to the rising presence of Russian and Chinese ships within the area.

Western navy officers are significantly involved about China. The commander in chief of NATO forces in Europe, Alexus G. Grynkewich, lately mentioned about potential threats from China, saying that the nation is changing into more and more aggressive, particularly within the far north. The Chinese despatched analysis ships to the area, which then presumably carried out navy explorations beneath a scientific guise. During the newest ice-free season, ships stayed off the north coast of Alaska for an awfully very long time. There are additionally joint patrols with the Russians.

What function does NATO play?

In order to deal with Trump’s safety considerations, a number of alliance states have lately spoken out in favor of a stronger alliance presence within the area – together with Germany. However, the US President has thus far not been impressed by this. NATO can solely develop an efficient deterrent because of the USA, the US President wrote, including that this was because of the strengthening of the US armed forces throughout his first time period in workplace. NATO shall be way more spectacular and efficient with a US-controlled Greenland.

The European Parliament condemned this and former statements by the Trump administration about Greenland as “unacceptable”. Any try to “undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Denmark and Greenland violates international law and the Charter of the United Nations,” the EU Parliament mentioned.

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