The eight European and NATO countries that sent troops to Greenland have expressed this Sunday their “full solidarity” with Denmark regarding the plans to annex Greenland by the United States and have indicated that the military operation “does not pose any threat to anyone”, after President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on them.
“As members of NATO, we are committed to strengthening Arctic security as a shared transatlantic interest. The Danish exercise ‘Arctic Endurance’, previously coordinated and carried out with allies, responds to this need. It poses no threat to anyone,” Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom said in a joint statement.
Dialogue based on the “principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity”
“We stand in full solidarity with the Kingdom of Denmark and the people of Greenland. On the basis of the process initiated last week, we are ready to engage in dialogue based on the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, which we firmly defend,” they added.
Likewise, the signatories defended that they will continue to respond “in a united and coordinated manner” and “committed to the defense of their sovereignty.”
They reject Trump’s tariffs
As the presidents of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the European Council, António Costa, already pointed out this Saturday, the countries also insisted that “tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and entail the risk of a dangerous downward spiral.”
Trump announced on Saturday that he was going to impose, starting February 1, a 10% tariff on all products from eight European countries that have sent troops to Greenland, and added that he will raise the tariffs to 25% in June and that these will remain in force until an agreement is closed “for the complete and complete purchase of Greenland” by Washington.
