Berlin [Germany], January 26: The chairman of the European Union Military Committee, Robert Brieger, is in favour of stationing EU soldiers in Greenland.
"That would be a strong signal and could contribute to stability in the region," the Austrian general said in an interview with the German Sunday newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
Greenland, which President Donald Trump wants to bring under US control, is of great importance from a geopolitical and security policy perspective, he noted.
"There are extensive raw material deposits there, and important transport routes for international trade also pass through it," Brieger explained.
"With the increasing melting of the ice as a result of climate change, however, this also creates a certain potential for tension with Russia and possibly China," he added.
In his view, "It would make perfect sense not only to station US forces in Greenland as before, but also to consider stationing EU soldiers there."
Greenland is largely autonomous, but officially part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Trump has repeatedly said in recent weeks that he wishes for the US to acquire Greenland, and has not ruled out out military force and economic coercion to gain control.
"Trump is the president of a great power that is also a member of the United Nations," Brieger said.
"I therefore assume that he respects the inviolability of borders as laid down in the UN Charter."
Source: Ǫatar Tribune
