The leaders of seven NATO members issued a joint statement on Tuesday pushing back against U.S. ambitions to annex Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous region of Denmark.
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The Fight Over Greenland
The leaders of seven NATO members issued a joint statement on Tuesday pushing back against U.S. ambitions to annex Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous region of Denmark.
“The Kingdom of Denmark — including Greenland — is part of NATO. Security in the Arctic must therefore be achieved collectively, in conjunction with NATO allies including the United States, by upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders,” wrote the leaders of Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain
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