Putin: Trump is serious about Greenland

Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a public meeting of the Arctic Dialogue on Wednesday evening: “The role and importance of the Arctic for the whole world is increasing, but geopolitical competition is also intensifying. Russia supports equal cooperation in the Arctic region. ”

Describing Russia as the biggest power of the Arctic, he announced that Moscow is ready to cooperate with all countries responsible for the development of the region.

“International cooperation in the northern width of today is having difficult days,” Putin added. A number of countries are moving along the way. “The mechanism of the Arctic Council has declined due to the election of today’s Western countries.”

“Dialogue with the West on cooperation in the Ecosystem in the North Pole is limited, Russia refuses to cooperate in the North Pole Council,” he said. NATO countries today look at the distant north as a launch platform for possible clashes. Russia will respond to the participation of Sweden and Finland in NATO activities.

The Russian president emphasized: “Russia will not allow its sovereignty, it will protect its interests.”

He also said, “Russia believes that if Western countries are interested in doing so, joint projects can be done in the Arctic.”

“The stronger our positions, the more important results are, the more opportunities for the launch of international international projects in the Arctic with the participation of friendly countries and possibly Western countries, if they are interested in working together,” Putin said.

He stated that the time of such projects would definitely come, as the Arctic region has a huge prospect.

“These situations must be strengthened,” the Russian president also said, referring to the country’s largest freezing fleet in the world. “Russia has to launch new generation frozen, including nuclear ice.”

According to him, Russia needs its trade fleet to navigate along the North Sea route, including cargo, rescue ships.

Putin also said: “Belarus, China and the United Arab Emirates were interested in developing the North Arctic transport infrastructure. “Russia is open for international cooperation in the construction of a commercial fleet in the Arctic.”

The Russian president also cited US President Donald Trump’s remarks and his wishes to take over Greenland: “This may only surprise someone at first glance. But it is deeply wrong to believe that this is a lot of talk of the new American government. Trump is serious. “In the long run, the United States is looking for Greenland and its annexation.”

“Obviously, the United States will continue to promote its interests in the Arctic,” he said.

The US president recently said that the United States needs Greenland in international security and insisted that “we must have it.”

“We need Greenland for our security and international security,” Trump said in an interview with the Ramble Video Sharing Platform. We need it. We have to have it.

“And this is an island that is what we need in terms of defense and even offensive, especially in the world with our current situation,” he said.

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