For the Kremlin, the current moment “shows, in a particularly evident way, the incoherence” of what it called the “rules-based world order” that the West says it is building. “Try what you cooked, just don’t choke”
Russia stated this Thursday that it is “unacceptable” that the West continues to maintain that Russia and China represent a threat to Greenland, arguing that the tension around the Arctic region highlights what it describes as “double standards” of Western powers, which present themselves as having moral superiority.
“They started by inventing the idea that there were aggressors and, from then on, they presented themselves as those who were ready to protect someone from these aggressors,” said Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, without directly referring to the president of the United States, who directly pointed the finger at Russia and China.
Maria Zakharova stressed that “neither Russia nor China” announced any such intention and insisted that there is no factual element that supports the thesis that the two countries threaten Greenland.
Confronted by Reuters with a direct question about whether Russia has ambitions in the territory, the official then targeted the President of the United States: “Why don’t they ask Trump?” “There are no facts that point to aggressive plans by Russia and China, nor can there be,” he added.
On Monday, China called on the United States not to use other countries as justification for pursuing its own interests and stated that the Chinese presence in the Arctic aims to promote peace, stability and sustainable development in the region.
For Maria Zakharova, the current moment “shows, in a particularly evident way, the incoherence” of what she called the “rules-based world order” that the West says it is building. “Try what you cooked, just don’t choke”, he concluded, sarcastically.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has reiterated that Washington will “stay” with Greenland, arguing that, if the US does not move forward, Russia and China will do so, and that the Americans do not want these countries as “neighbors”.
