London, Jan 13, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – A US invasion of Greenland would be an attack on all NATO allies, the territory’s energy minister has said.
Naaja Nathanielsen told a press conference in London on Tuesday that US military action would represent “the breakdown of the rule of law” and leave Western allies having to “figure out what is this new world order about.”
Asked whether Greenland would expect NATO support in the event of an invasion, she said: “I really cannot answer your question, because it implies that it would be one country being attacked by another NATO partner, but actually we would all be under attack.”
Nathanielsen added that Greenland felt “betrayed” by US President Donald Trump’s demands to annex the semi-autonomous Danish territory.
She said: “We feel that the rhetoric is offensive, as we have said many times before, but also bewildering because we have done nothing but support the notion that Greenland is a part of the American national self-interest.”
Her UK visit came as the US continued to threaten to take over the territory, which Trump insists is vital for American national security.
On Monday, a member of Donald Trump’s Republican Party introduced legislation to annex Greenland as the 51st US state.
The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland are set to visit Washington on Wednesday, for a meeting with US Vice President JD Vance and secretary of state Marco Rubio.
GNA