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Greenland is not “a earthy part” of Denmark, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026), wading into the fraught geopolitical debate.
Speaking during his yearly property league successful Moscow, the Foreign Minister said that Russia is monitoring the “serious geopolitical situation” and added, “The occupation of erstwhile assemblage territories is becoming much acute.” The Russian Foreign Minister said that Denmark formally incorporated the territory successful 1953.
Mr. Lavrov’s remark comes amid heightened tensions implicit the territory aft U.S. President Donald Trump revealed plans to annex it.
The U.S. President stated that Washington needs Greenland arsenic portion of its “national security” and to fend disconnected immoderate “Russian threat” to it.
Mr Lavrov stated that Moscow does not person a program to prehend the immense autonomous portion and is not funny successful interfering successful the affairs of the North Atlantic territory.
On Saturday (January 17, 2026), the U.S. announced import tariffs connected European allies opposed to the imaginable takeover.
European Union leaders connected Saturday (January 17) warned of a “dangerous downward spiral” over U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to instrumentality expanding tariffs on European allies until the U.S. is allowed to bargain Greenland.
“Tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and hazard a unsafe downward spiral. Europe volition stay united, coordinated, and committed to upholding its sovereignty,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Antonio Costa said successful posts connected X.
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Meanwhile, a startled British authorities connected Tuesday defended its determination to manus sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, aft US President Donald Trump attacked the plan, which his medication had antecedently supported.
Mr. Trump said that relinquishing the distant Indian Ocean archipelago, location to a strategically important American naval and bomber base, was an enactment of stupidity that shows wherefore helium needs to instrumentality implicit Greenland.
“Shockingly, our brilliant’ NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is presently readying to springiness distant the Island of Diego Garcia, the tract of a captious US Military Base, to Mauritius, and to bash truthful FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER,” helium said successful a station connected his societal media level Truth Social. “There is nary uncertainty that China and Russia person noticed this enactment of full weakness.” “The UK giving distant highly important onshore is an enactment of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is different successful a precise agelong enactment of National Security reasons wherefore Greenland has to beryllium acquired,” Trump said.
(With inputs from agencies)
