Russia says closely watching Trump’s Greenland claims
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Russia says closely watching Trump’s Greenland claims

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Europena Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says that Greenland’s sovereignty must be respected. Russia is closely monitoring Donald Trump’s territorial claims to Greenland, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said, after the US president-elect refused to rule out the possibility of using military force to acquire the Danish territory. Asked by a journalist if he would rule out using economic or military force in order to acquire Greenland, Trump replied, “I’m not going to commit to that.” “We need Greenland for national security purposes,” Trump later said. EU calls to respect sovereignty Later on Thursday, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said that Greenland’s sovereignty must be respected. “We have to respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Greenland.” Kallas said she had spoken to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen after Trump’s comments.

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