MOSCOW, January 16. /TASS/. The results of negotiations in Washington indicate that Greenland and Denmark are consolidating to counter US threats to seize the island’s territory, Russian Ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin said in an interview with TASS.
"Amid US threats of a possible seizure of the island, including the scenario involving the use of force, Greenland and Denmark are seen to join forces to counter such American intentions," the Russian envoy said.
At a January 14 meeting in Washington with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which discussed American interests in the island, Danish and Greenlandic Foreign Ministers Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Vivian Motzfeldt "spoke with a unified position in favor of preserving the Danish Kingdom’s territorial integrity and Greenland’s right to self-determination," Barbin pointed out.
Responding to a question about whether Washington was fueling separatist sentiments in Greenland and had a chance to succeed in these intentions, the Russian diplomat noted that the desire for independence remains a unifying goal of all political parties in Greenland, although "there are disagreements" between them "on the speed of moving towards independence and the necessary conditions to achieve it."
