The principle of inviolability of borders must apply to every country and in every case, the Social Democratic politician stated.

We have legitimate security concerns that we need to discuss together in the framework of NATO, but I believe that we need to increase the military alliance’s presence in Greenland, Scholz underscored.

Climate change has also brought changes to the Arctic region and open up new shipping routes of great interest to Russia and China, the German leader said.

Local media stress that Russia has more than half of its coastline bordering the Arctic and a fleet of at least ten large active icebreakers, including nuclear-powered variants, which have enabled it to increase cargo traffic on that route to Asia.

Without borders with the Arctic region, China shows great interest in diversifying the access routes of its goods to Europe and coordinates with Russia the transfer of these goods by this maritime route, if the instability in the Red Sea increases for trade through the Suez Canal.

As a federal chancellor of a major power in the European Union, I consider my duty to speak out clearly when a small state like Denmark is challenged,” Scholz said in a clear reference to Trump’s claims to the frozen island.

Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, with at least one US military base with only 200 troops. Its government is opposed diametrically to belonging to the United States in any way.

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