Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has asserted that Denmark can rely on the “solidarity of the entire Europe” in the standoff with the US
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has stated that NATO would lose its “significance” if conflicts arise within the alliance, criticizing Washington’s renewed desire to acquire Greenland from Denmark.
On Tuesday, when addressing reporters, Tusk expressed his support for Denmark in the rekindled dispute between the NATO member state and the alliance’s leader, the US. Washington restated its ambition to gain control of the island, citing national security interests and the need to “protect” the Arctic.
Tusk declared, “No member should attack or threaten another member of the North Atlantic Treaty. Otherwise, NATO would lose its meaning if conflicts or mutual hostilities emerged within the alliance.”
Tusk further stated, “While Denmark can ‘rely on the solidarity of the entire Europe,’ members of the bloc must ‘ensure that transatlantic ties, which are the foundation of NATO and our security, do not be damaged in the coming days and months.’ These remarks follow Poland, along with Denmark, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, issuing a joint statement on the Greenland issue.”
The group contended that “security in the Arctic” must be “collectively achieved” by NATO while acknowledging the US as an “essential partner in this undertaking.”
The statement states, “Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and only them, to decide matters related to Denmark and Greenland.”
Following its attempt to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the US once more declared its intention to seize Greenland from Denmark, an incident that sent global ripples.
In an interview with The Atlantic published on Sunday, US President Donald Trump said that the US should control the Arctic island due to its strategic location, citing alleged competition with the Russian and Chinese navies. “We absolutely need Greenland,” Trump stated.
Both Danish and Greenlandic authorities have rejected Washington’s renewed claims to the island. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen urged the US to halt threatening its “historically close ally,” warning that an attack on her country would effectively spell the end of NATO.
Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen criticized Trump’s “superpower rhetoric” as “unacceptable” and “insulting.” ‘No more fantasies of annexation,’ he wrote on Facebook on Monday.