The president’s interest Donald Trump to buy Greenland “It’s not a joke,” said the Secretary of State on Thursday Marco Rubiowho added that the acquisition of the territory is of national interest to USA and must be resolved.
Trump has expressed interest in converting Greenland, an autonomous territory in Denmark, in part of the United States since its re -election in November. He has not ruled out using military or economic power to achieve it.
Rubio said in the program The Megyn Kelly Show of Sirius XM that Trump wants to buy Greenland and that he had not ruled out the Military coercion to acquire it so as not to remove economic power. “This is not a joke,” he said.
“It’s not about acquiring land for acquiring land. This is of national interest and must be resolved, ”he added.
Greenland’s prime minister, Mute Egedewhich has intensified its campaign in favor of independence, has repeatedly affirmed that the island is not for sale and that it corresponds to its inhabitants to decide its future.
In the interview, Rubio said that the Arctic will become a critical point for maritime routesadding that the United States has to be able to defend it.
To the question of whether the United States owned Greenland in four years, Rubio replied: “Obviously, that is the president’s priority and he has stated it.”
“We are not yet in a position to discuss exactly how we will proceed tactically. What I think may be sure is that, within four years, our interests in the Arctic will be safer, ”he added.
On Wednesday, the government of Denmark He announced a change in his plans to manufacture patrols to prioritize vessels capable of navigating the Arctic Ocean and in the northern area of the Atlantic, with an eye on strengthening the safety of the island of Greenland.
Parliament approved this new program in 2021, with which I wanted to update the fleet and replace the “aged” class ‘Thetis’. At first, the focus was put into surveillance and environmental tasks in the Baltic Sea, but the Minister of Defense, Troels Lund Poulenhe acknowledged in a statement that “the security situation has changed significantly” in recent years.
The government stressed that the Baltic is still a priority, but believes that the integration of Sweden and Finland in the NATO It makes the involvement of other neighboring countries in this same area increased and that, therefore, Denmark can focus more north.
The minister also stressed that these changes do not imply to launch the work done so far, since it is a “reorientation”, design work can be used and it is not necessary to start from scratch, which would take “a long time”, according to A statement from your department.
The Denmark government also announced on Monday that it will release about 2,000 million dollars to reinforce the presence of its army in the Arctic and the North Atlantic with the purchase of Three new ships and two long -range drones. It will also reinforce the ability of your satellites.
The initiative is the result of an agreement between the government and several opposition parties and occurs in the midst of controversy by the statements of the US president, Donald Trumpabout his interest in buying the autonomous territory of Greenland in Denmark.
(With Reuters Information)
