US EditionGreenland: What Do We Know About Ongoing NATO-US Talks for a Framework?
Leaders plan talks to boost Arctic security amid concerns about Russia’s aggression and China’s economic influence, with calls to enhance surveillance and defense posture.
- In recent weeks, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland's Prime Minister, and Mette Frederiksen, Denmark's Prime Minister, met Emmanuel Macron, French President, in Paris to shore up support over Donald Trump's push on Greenland, with Frederiksen saying Europeans united to push back and learned lessons.
- Since 2005, Moscow has re-opened and modernised tens of Soviet-era military bases, raising concerns and prompting calls to strengthen defence posture in the High North against Russia and China.
- French President Emmanuel Macron said France shared the view that Arctic defence must be reinforced and supported increased NATO vigilance and urged more surveillance and security due to Russia's actions.
- Talks between Greenland, Denmark and the United States are due to take place to try to find a solution to the crisis after U.S. demands unsettled relations, with Jens-Frederik Nielsen saying red lines cannot be crossed.
- The diplomatic rift had seemed in recent weeks to threaten NATO’s future before moving to diplomacy, while Russia disputed Western claims, calling threat talk about Moscow and Beijing a myth.
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In the face of US ambitions in Greenland, Emmanuel Macron and Mette Frederiksen insist on the need for a strategic European awakening and military strengthening.
Greenland: What do we know about ongoing NATO-US talks for a framework?
French President Emmanuel Macron will be hosting the leaders of Denmark and Greenland on January 28 to reaffirm support for the territory's sovereignty and their alliance. On a trip to Paris's Sciences Po University, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen reiterated that "the best way forward is for Europe to stick together and to find a way forward with the United States over shared Arctic Security concerns." The visit comes as negotiations ar…
According to Jens-Fredreik Nielsen , it is necessary to do more to strengthen security in the region in front of a more aggressive Russia
The political summits can be prepared in Paris with a session of analysis and reflection at the university. Thus, on their trip to France to meet with President Emmanuel Macron, the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, and her Greenland counterpart, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, they stopped at the Institute of Political Sciences in Paris (Science Po), cradle of French political thought and fabulous symbol of European commitment. Both leaders, sud…
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