Paris, Feb 6 (IANS) France has opened a Consulate in Greenland, becoming the first European Union country to establish a diplomatic mission in the autonomous Danish territory, the French Foreign Ministry said Friday.Jean-Noel Poirier has taken up his post as Consul General in Greenland’s capital of Nuuk, a move to strengthen France’s consular network, the ministry said in a post on social media X.President Emmanuel Macron first announced his plan for the consulate during a visit to Greenland in …
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Paris, Jan 28 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that the escalating tensions with the United States over Greenland constitute a strategic wake-up call for Europe as a whole, while reiterating France’s solidarity with Denmark and Greenland. “Recent events confirm that the situation in Greenland is a strategic wake-up call for all of Europe: on asserting our European sovereignty, on our contribution to Arctic security, on combating foreign interference and disinformation, o…
Oslo, Jan 23 (IANS) Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen reiterated that sovereignty remains a red line for his government, even amid intense pressure from the United States.”Our territorial integrity and borders are absolutely red lines that must not be crossed,” Nielsen, on Thursday told a press conference in Nuuk, capital of Greenland. “Greenland chooses the Greenland we know today, as part of the Kingdom of Denmark.”US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had ruled out using …
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) The Indian benchmark indices continued their losses on Wednesday, tracking persistent global risk-off sentiment, continued foreign fund outflows and mixed earnings cues.As of 9.30 am, the Sensex lost 168 points, or 0.20 per cent to reach 82,012 and the Nifty declined 28 points, or 0.11 per cent to 25,204.Main broadcap indices performed in line with benchmark indices, with the Nifty Midcap 100 losing 0.18 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 easing 0.11 per cent.Sectorally, …
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Amid rising fears of United States weighing options that include military action to take control of Greenland, Germany has played down an invasion even as the NATO tried to convince Washington of working on “next steps” to protect Arctic’s security, said reports.Beijing has meanwhile taken “exception to US President Donald Trump’s attempts to use Russia and China as an excuse for his push into the Arctic”, reported Moscow-based RT.com, quoting China’s Forei…
Washington, Jan 7 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration is ‘almost starting a war with an allied country’ in its pursuit of Greenland, Danish lawmaker Rasmus Jarlov said. “They talk about the United States as the only ones that can protect Greenland, but the fact is that they’re the only ones threatening Greenland,” the Danish parliament member said during an interview to CNN on Tuesday.Denmark’s ownership of Greenland “may be one of the most well-established ownerships of territory …
Oslo, Dec 22 (IANS) Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Monday that he would summon US Ambassador to Denmark Kenneth Howery for talks following US President Donald Trump’s appointment of a special envoy to Greenland. On Sunday, Trump appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as the US special envoy to Greenland, a move that has sparked strong diplomatic reactions in Copenhagen.”I am upset, particularly by the envoy’s statements about making Greenland part of the United States. We…
Oslo, Dec 22 (IANS) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Monday that they expect “respect” for the Kingdom of Denmark’s territorial integrity from the US side. “We have said it very clearly before. Now we say it again. You cannot annex other countries. Not even with an argument about international security. Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders, and the USA should not take over Greenland. We expect respect for our common territorial…