Russia considers U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to take over Greenland "serious”, Vladimir Putin said.
"It is a deep mistake to think that this is some extravagant talk from the new American administration.
It is nothing of the sort," Putin told an Arctic forum in the northern city of Murmansk.
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"It is a deep mistake to think that this is some extravagant talk from the new American administration.
It is nothing of the sort," Putin told an Arctic forum in the northern city of Murmansk.
#Greenland #Putin #Trump #arctic #Russia #U.S.
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00:00In short, we are talking about serious plans from the American side in relation to Greenland.
00:06These plans have long-standing, as I just said, historical roots.
00:11And it is obvious that the United States will continue to promote its geostrategic, military-political and economic interests in the Arctic on a systemic basis.
00:20As for Greenland, this is a matter that concerns two specific states and has nothing to do with us.
00:28However, we are only concerned about the fact that NATO countries more and more often identify the Far North as a place for possible conflicts
00:40and are working on the use of forces in these conditions,
00:45including the forces of their new recruits from Finland and Sweden,
00:49with whom, by the way, we have not had any problems until recently.
00:54They are creating something with their own hands.
00:57What for? It is completely unclear.