Greenland not ‘natural part’ of Denmark, Russia says

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that Greenland was not “a natural part” of Denmark in comments that could further fuel the increasingly contentious debate about the territory’s future.

At a conference in Russia, Lavrov spoke of “crisis tendencies” within the west, with Greenland the latest example of that, as it’s causing unprecedented tensions even within Nato.

He said Russia was monitoring the “serious geopolitical situation” around Greenland.

While he insisted that Russia was not interested in interfering in Greenland affairs and that Washington knows that Russia has no plans to capture Greenland, he said that in his view Greenland was not a natural part of Denmark, Reuters reported.

Speaking more broadly, Lavrov also warned that it was “unlikely” that Russia could strike agreements with the current group of leaders in Europe.

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