Asked earlier in January if he could exclude using military or economic force to pursue his desire to seize the territory, Trump said he couldn’t.
Greenland, the most sparsely populated area in the world, lives about 56,000 mostly indigenous people.
The United States has long supported the interest in Greenland. After Nazi Germany occupied the mainland of Denmark during World War II, the US invaded Greenland, creating military and radio stations throughout the territory. He has since supported the presence in the region.
Greenland lies on the shortest way from North America to Europe, making it strategically important to the US.
In recent years, interest in Greenland’s natural resources, including mining for rare land, uranium and iron.
“Greenland comes during the change in the landscape of threats,” said Vivian Savafeld, Minister of Independence and Foreign Affairs of Greenland, which announced new defense costs.
“I am pleased that with this partial agreement, we have taken the first step to strengthen the security in and around Greenland.”
It is expected that in the first half of this year there will be a message about further financing.
The new investment follows from the separate message of Denmark in December that He spent approximately 1.2 billion pounds In defense of Greenland, including the purchase of new ships, drones of long -range and additional dog sled teams.
Pulnsen then called the terms of proclamation as “irony” – coming immediately after Trump said that property and control over Greenland were “an absolute necessity” for the US.
Prime Minister Greenland said the territory not for saleAdded that “Greenland belongs to Greenland.”
Prime Minister Denmark told Trump that It’s up to Greenland decide your own future.
Since then, Trump has doubled his intention Despite the warnings from European countries not to threaten Greenland.
