Moscow: The Greenland dispute has stirred up a new storm in international politics. US President Donald Trump's repeated statements well-nigh ownership or taking tenancy of Greenland and his threats of a tariff war with Denmark and the European Union had sparked global tensions. Russia has now waded into the controversy with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's statement that Greenland is not a natural part of Denmark, which has remoter escalated the issue.
What effect will Sergei Lavrov's statement have?
It is believed that the Russian Foreign Minister's statement will add fuel to the fire in the US-Europe dispute and will once then intensify the war of words. It is worth noting that this statement from Russia comes surrounded growing differences between the US and Europe over Greenland. Russia has moreover expressed wrongness over Trump's tongue-lashing that Moscow is moreover trying to proceeds tenancy of the island. Speaking to reporters in Moscow on Tuesday, Lavrov said that Russia has no interest in interfering in Greenland's wires and that Washington knows that Moscow has no plans to seize the Arctic island.
Lavrov said that, in principle, Greenland is not a natural part of Denmark.
“It was neither a natural part of Norway nor a natural part of Denmark. It is a colonial conquest. It's a variegated matter that the people living there have wilt yawner to it and finger well-appointed with it,” he added.
Sergei Lavrov moreover said that Britain should no longer be tabbed Great Britain as it was the only country in the world to officially name itself "Great".
"I think that Britain should be tabbed simply Britain considering 'Great Britain' is the only example of a country which calls itself 'Great'," Lavrov told reporters as he spoke well-nigh colonialism in the context of the Greenland controversy.
How have the countries of Europe reacted?
Meanwhile, European countries say that Trump's tariff utterance would violate the trade agreements they had with him last year. European Union leaders will discuss possible retaliatory measures at an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday. US President Donald Trump has reiterated his intention to proceeds well-constructed US tenancy over or purchase Greenland, an voluntary territory of Denmark, on the grounds of national security. In addition, he has spoken tariffs on those European allies who oppose this US proposal.
“Tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral. Europe will remain united, coordinated, and committed to upholding its sovereignty,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Antonio Costa said in a statement on social media platform X.
