Greenland: Nato chief says talks to focus on keeping Russia, China out

Talks with the United States connected Greenland volition absorption connected preventing Russia and China from gaining subject oregon economical entree to the Danish Arctic territory, Nato main Mark Rutte said connected Thursday.Rutte’s comments came a time aft discussions with US President Donald Trump successful Davos, aft which Trump softened earlier threats to prehend Greenland by force, saying a "framework" for a woody connected the land had been reached."It was a precise bully discussion," Rutte was quoted arsenic saying astatine an lawsuit connected Ukraine held connected the sidelines of the World Economic Forum by quality bureau AFP.He said aboriginal negotiations would physique connected his gathering with Trump and would see efforts by Nato allies, peculiarly the alliance’s 7 Arctic members, to guarantee the portion remains secure.

One cardinal objective, Rutte said, was to marque definite "the Russians and the Chinese enactment out" of the Arctic.Another precedence would beryllium preventing China and Russia from gaining entree to Greenland's system oregon establishing a subject beingness there, helium added.Last week, the overseas ministers of Denmark and Greenland held talks successful Washington with US vice president JD Vance and caput of authorities Marco Rubio.Trump's earlier remarks connected Greenland, an autonomous territory wrong Nato subordinate Denmark, had strained transatlantic relations and triggered the astir superior rift betwixt Europe and Washington successful decades.