France deploys military personnel and sends land, air and sea means to Greenland
The French President announced Thursday, that his country deployed a first group of military personnel in took possession of it.
Deployed military personnel in Greenland
Macron said that "France and the Europeans must continue to be present wherever their interests are threatened, without escalation, but without any compromise in terms of respect for territorial integrity."
He stressed, during a speech to the soldiers at an air base near Marseille in southern France, that Paris’s role requires that… "Be on the side of a sovereign state to protect its territory"
American insistence
In the same context, US President Donald TrumpThe United States takes control of Greenland "necessary" For a system "Golden dome" For air and missile defense that he plans to create.
Wrote Trump, who pledged to control the Arctic island from his ally Denmark, on social media: "The United States needs Greenland for national security purposes. They are essential to the Golden Dome system we are building".
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