Czech President Petr Pavel would consider it right for the Czech Republic to join the joint declaration of European states on Greenland. On Wednesday, according to his office, he told Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. He declared after their joint lunch that appeals and petitions will not bring anything and the allies should rather communicate with each other, informs the correspondent of TASR in Prague.
Babiš did not read the document
“I have now been told that (US Secretary of State) Marco Rubio clarified the statements of President (Donald) Trump and that it would definitely not be a military action in any case. That would, of course, be absurd. I think that it is probably not good when NATO member states write some petitions among themselves and call for something,” said the Czech Prime Minister.
After being warned by journalists that the document does not contain an invitation, but a declaration that Denmark and Greenland have to solve the matter themselves, Babiš added that he had not read the document.
“It is handled by the MFA, which is preparing a position for this… I just think that when we sat at the same table yesterday (in Paris at the meeting of the coalition of the willing, note TASR), I don’t know if these declarations will bring anything. It is necessary to clarify and talk about it. Of course, (Danish Prime Minister) Mette Frederiksen has the support of other Europeans, but the problem needs to be explained somehow. We have enough different conflicts and not that we are still among allies they solved this matter,” declared Babiš.
Shortly afterwards, the Department of Diplomacy published an opinion: according to him, the Czech Republic is convinced that there is room to resolve the situation through dialogue between Denmark and the USA. “We are ready to contribute to this dialogue in a way to put this whole matter to rest as soon as possible,” said the department on the X network.
He is not a threat or an enemy
Later, Pavel spoke more broadly on the topic on the social network X. “The Kingdom of Denmark does not represent any threat or enemy. On the contrary, it is our close partner and ally in NATO, and Greenland is an integral part of this kingdom. The interest of the United States of America in security in the North Atlantic region is understandable and is our common interest,” wrote Pavel.
He considers it crucial that security issues concerning Greenland be resolved through dialogue between allies and within NATO. He is confident that the allies will be ready to discuss how to jointly contribute to security and prevent the region from becoming a threat to the US and allied territory.
The US government has recently stepped up its rhetoric regarding Greenland. The White House said on Tuesday that the use of military force remains one of the options being considered to recover the island. But Rubio stressed on Wednesday that the US is interested in buying Greenland and that recent statements about the island should not be seen as signals of a military invasion, according to US media.
