The European Union’s (EU) military chief General Robert Brieger has said that it would make sense to station European troops in Greenland following US President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for acquiring the autonomous Danish territory.
“In my view, it would make perfect sense not only to station US forces in Greenland, as has been the case to date, but also to consider stationing EU soldiers there in the future,” he said.
General Robert Brieger, chairman of the 27-member EU Military Committee (EUMC) also said, “That would send a strong signal and could contribute to stability in the region,” he said in remarks published by Germany’s Welt am Sonntag on Saturday.
He said due to “increasing ice melt as a result of climate change” creating new navigation routes, and due to its rich untapped resources, Greenland is becoming increasingly important for Brussels, thus putting the EU on a confrontational course with Trump’s expansionist policy, Press TV reported.
The Austrian-born top brass said he hoped that the US, as a member of the United Nations, would respect the inviolability of borders as stipulated in the UN Charter.
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