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After France, Germany's Scholz warns Trump against his Greenland plans, says 'borders must not be moved'
FirstpostGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that US President Donald Trump should drop his ambition to take over Greenland, insisting that every country must honour the sanctity of borders no matter how powerful or where they are German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned US President-elect Donald Trump against his ambition to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal. “The principle of the inviolability of borders applies to every country, regardless of whether it’s to the east or the west of us,” Scholz said on Wednesday after speaking with several European leaders and the president of the European Council. On Wednesday, Scholz told reporters that borders “must not be moved by force” and emphasized the importance of uniting as allies – especially the United States – to protect Ukraine’s right to its borders. Barrot added on France Inter radio, that, while he did not believe the US “would invade” Greenland, “we have entered an era that is seeing the return of the law of the strongest."
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