The European Union (EU) reaffirmed its commitment to respecting the principles of national sovereignty and territorial integrity, in response to the recent statements of the US President, Donald Trump, regarding the need for Greenland for reasons of national security, reports Anadolu.

“The EU will continue to protect the principles of national sovereignty, territorial integrity, inviolability of borders and the UN Charter. These are universal principles and we will not to stop protecting them, especially when the territorial integrity of a member state of the European Union is called into question,” European Commission spokeswoman Anitta Hipper told reporters in Brussels.

Hipper also reaffirmed the EU’s solidarity with Denmark and Greenland, stressing that Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, has the right to determine any change in its status together with Denmark.

“We expect all our partners to respect sovereignty and territorial integrity and to implement international commitments,” she added.

Another spokeswoman for the European Commission, Paula Pinho, emphasized that Greenland is a NATO ally and a partner of the US.

“This is a very, very big difference. That’s why we fully stand by Greenland and in no way see a possible comparison with what happened,” she said, referring to recent U.S. military action in Venezuela.

Pinho also echoed statements by Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen that the island “will not be a property that can be bought by anyone.”

The statements came a day after Trump said the U.S. needs Greenland for national security reasons, citing what he described as a growing Russian and Chinese presence around the island. of strategic importance.

He also argued that US control over the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland would serve wider Western interests, adding that the EU “needs us to have it” from a security perspective.

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