The West should stop claiming Moscow wants to occupy Greenland, says Russia
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Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said US President Donald Trump's threats to take Greenland demonstrates the "inconsistency of so-called 'rules-based world order' being built by the West".
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- Russia rejects Western claims that it and China threaten Greenland, calling them baseless accusations.
- Maria Zakharova stated there is no evidence of Russian or Chinese "aggressive plans" regarding Greenland.
- China has said its Arctic activities promote regional peace and stability, urging the US not to use others as an excuse.
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MOSCOW – Russia said on Jan 15 that its was unacceptable for the West to keep claiming that Russia and China threatened Greenland, and said the crisis over the territory showed the double-standards of Western powers which claimed moral superiority.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the US will take Greenland
Since Mr Trump’s threats, Western European leaders have repeatedly said, without citing specific evidence, that Russia and China have designs on Greenland – and used that to argue that NATO needs to defend the Arctic
“First, they came up with the idea that there were some aggressors, and then that they were ready to protect someone from these aggressors,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said of the West’s actions on Greenland.
“Neither Russia nor China has announced any such plans,” she said, adding that no facts had been presented to support the claim that Russia and China threatened Greenland.
When asked directly by Reuters if Russia had designs on Greenland, Ms Zakharova said: “Why don’t you ask Trump?
“There are no facts indicating the aggressive plans of Russia and China, nor can there be any.”
China on Jan 12 urged the US not to use other countries as an excuse to pursue its own interests, and said China’s activities in the Arctic aim to promote peace, stability and sustainable development in the region.
The current situation, Ms Zakharova said, “demonstrates with particular acuteness the inconsistency of the so-called ‘rules-based world order’ being built by the West”.
“Take a bite of what you have prepared – but just don’t choke,” Ms Zakharova said with a smile. REUTERS
