The best military official of the European Union, Robert Brieger, said it would be logical to station troops from EU countries in Greenland, according to an interview with the German Welt Am Sonntag published on Saturday, as American president Donald Trump has shown interest in acquiring Danish territory.
“In my opinion, it would not only be entirely logical to station American troops in Greenland, as has been the case so far, but also to station EU soldiers in the future,” European Union Said Military Committee.
Ultimately, such a step would require a political decision, said General born in Austria. The military committee is the highest military office of the European Council, but it serves as a consultative body because the block does not have a dedicated army.
NATO guided by the US is the most important military alliance for the EU.
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Although Greenland is not part of the EU as an overseas territory of Denmark, Europeans, as well as the US, had interests in Greenland, the general added, referring to its raw materials and strategic location.
Robert Brieger, chairman of the Military Committee of the European Union (EUMC), poses for a family photo with other people present during the informal EU ministerial meeting on Defense in Toledo, Spain on August 30, 2023. (Reuters/Isabel Infantes/File photo)
“But with increasing ice melt as a result of climate change, this also creates a certain potential for tension With Russia And possibly China, “he said.
Trump has shown interest in making Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, part of the United States. He has not excluded the use of military or economic power to convince Denmark to transfer it.
The strategic location of Greenland along the shortest route from Europe to North America, of vital importance for the American ballistic rocket warning system, has made it a priority for Trump.
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Brieger said he hoped that the US as a member of the United Nations would respect the inviolability of boundaries, as determined in the UN charter.
