The head of the European Union’s diplomacy Kaja Kallasová defended the right of Greencans to self -determination on Tuesday. Her speech in the plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg came at a time when the US President Donald Trump repeatedly threatens to get this autonomous territory of Denmarkwrites TASR according to Politico portal.
“Any decisions about the future of Greenland should be taken … Greenland’s inhabitants,” said Kallas. “The only way to preserve world -based rules is full of respect for the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders,” noted.
At the same time, Kallas confirmed the continuation of the Euroblock cooperation with this Arctic island and stressed that The Union “fully supports” its goals in the fields of education, green transformation, raw materials, renewable energy and safety.
Since its re -election in November last year, Trump has repeatedly claimed that the United States should gain Greenland for “international security and protection”. “We need it. We must have it,” He said in an interview in March.
Greenland and Denmark have already said that the island is not for sale. Former Greenland Prime Minister Moice B. Egede stressed that the future of the island is to be decided by the Greenmen themselves. In January, Kallas said that the EU “does not” talk “about Greenland with the US.
