NUUK: NATO and Greenland’s government on Monday said they intend to work on strengthening the defense of the Danish autonomous territory, hoping to dissuade US President Donald Trump, who covets the island.
On Sunday, Trump further stoked tensions by saying that the United States would take the territory “one way or the other.”
Confronted with the prospect of annexation by force, Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen placed his hopes in the US-led military alliance NATO.
“Our security and defense belong in NATO. That is a fundamental and firm line,” Nielsen said in a social media post.
His government “will therefore work to ensure that the development of defense in and around Greenland takes place in close cooperation with NATO, in dialogue with our allies, including the United States, and in cooperation with Denmark,” he added.
