Swedish PM on Trump comments: Only Denmark and Greenland decide
- Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has come out in support of neighbouring Denmark following US president-elect Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland.
- “Only Denmark and Greenland decide on issues concerning Denmark and Greenland, and Sweden obviously stands behind our neighbouring country on these issues. I expressed my support directly to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen when we spoke yesterday,” Kristersson said in a comment to news agency TT on Thursday.
- Trump has recently refused to rule out using military or economic means to take over Greenland, which is home to a US military base but is an autonomous territory of Denmark.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Yukon Arctic defence council calls for more attention to infrastructure in new report, CBC News
Denmark: Kremlin, on Trump remarks on Greenland and Canada, says Russia has Arctic interests,The Associated Press
Finland: US, Norwegian forces in Lapland for rapid reinforcement exercise, The Independent Barents Observer
Norway: Nordic countries get ready to establish cross-border military corridors, CBC News
Russia:Russia to begin artillery firing near Norway’s Grense Jakobselv, The Independent Barents Observer
Sweden: Updated version of Sweden’s preparedness guide sent out to households, Radio Sweden
United States: Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal, Eye on the Arctic
