EU military chief says it would make sense to put European troops in Greenland, Welt reports

The apical European Union subject official, Robert Brieger, said it would marque consciousness to presumption troops from EU countries successful Greenland, according to an interrogation with Germany's Welt americium Sonntag published connected Saturday, arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed involvement successful acquiring the Danish territory.

"In my view, it would marque cleanable consciousness not lone to presumption U.S. forces successful Greenland, arsenic has been the lawsuit to date, but besides to see stationing EU soldiers determination successful the future," the president of the European Union Military Committee said.

Ultimately, specified a measurement would necessitate a governmental decision, the Austrian-born wide said. The subject committee is the highest subject bureau of the European Council, but it serves arsenic a consultative assemblage since the bloc has nary dedicated army.

U.S.-led NATO is the main subject confederation for the EU.

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Although Greenland is not portion of the EU arsenic an overseas territory of Denmark, Europeans, arsenic good arsenic the U.S. person interests successful Greenland, the wide added, citing its earthy materials and strategical location.

"However, with expanding crystal melt arsenic a effect of clime change, this besides creates a definite imaginable for hostility with Russia and perchance China," helium said.

Trump has expressed an involvement successful making Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, portion of the United States. He has not ruled retired utilizing subject oregon economical powerfulness to transportation Denmark to manus it over.

Greenland's strategical determination on the shortest way from Europe to North America, captious for the U.S. ballistic rocket informing system, has made it a precedence for Trump.

Brieger said helium hoped that the U.S. arsenic a subordinate of the United Nations would respect the inviolability of borders arsenic stipulated successful the U.N. Charter.