Putin takes Trump’s Greenland’s plans seriously

Murmansk, BRATISLAVA. American plans about Greenland are serious, have their historical roots.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin In this way, he commented on the situation he called a strongly geopolitical competition in the Arctic region. Trumpa However, he did not criticize for ambitions, She noted the BBC.

During the speech at the submarine base in Murmansk, he declared that he wants to « strengthen the Russian global leading position in the Arctic ».

The fact that Putin Trump did not criticize the questioning of state borders for questioning the state borders is considered to be significant in the context of building new relationships between Kremlin and Washington.

« These plans have deep historical roots. It is clear that the United States will continue to promote its geostrategic and military-political interests in the Arctic, » Putin said.

The interest of powers in the Northern Polar Region is also intensified thanks to global climate changes. The retreating ice or Permafrost opens up new maritime roads as well as the possibility of mining.

From Greenland put his hands away

In Putin’s aggression against Ukraine It makes sense that it does not criticize Washington’s statements that question the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark, which also includes Greenland.

« As far as Greenland is concerned, this is a matter of two specific countries. We have nothing to do with it, » he said in Murmansk.

Donald Trump says repeatedlyThe fact that the United States of Greenland wanted to do so did not rule out the use of gross power.

“When he was in the White House Joe BidenMoscow and Washington criticized each other aloud. How just things have changed, « Russian correspondent Steve Rosenberg wrote in the BBC report.

As he adds, Mask Today it offers the United States cooperation in the northern polar region. « We are open to reflections on joint investment opportunities with the United States in sectors approved by the Russian government, » Rosenberg quotes the Russian Plenipotentiary for foreign investments Kirilla Dmitriev.

The BBC also notes that the possibility of joint US-Russian investments with the current US administration is not so distant.

As part of the intensification of the Russian presence in the area, Putin wants to send more soldiers to the north and put into operation new icebreakers that would make new navigation routes.

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North attracts China

A change of climate means that the sea roads in the Arctic Ocean are becoming an alternative to routes that connect Europe and Asia through the Suez Canal, He writes Deutsche Welle. With the help of icebreakers, Russia can use them all year round.

He adds that Russian ships will be saved to Asia by the Northern route two weeks earlier.

Together with naval routes, there is also the possibility to acquire minerals in the unavailable areas, which in addition to Russia is also interested in states such as Canada, Norway, Denmark, but also China, recalls DW.

The ceasefire further stretches

Putin, in addition to understanding for Trump’s expanding speech in Murmansk, came up with another idea that has not been on the table in peace negotiations on Ukraine.

He suggested that Ukraine manage the UN instead of the government. He claims that such a regime would be reported between the US, European states and Russian « partners and friends ».

Putin continuously challenges the legitimacy of the Ukrainian authorities, which has already been done by Trump when President Volodymyr Zelensky called a dictator.

Ukraine, who has already approached two forms of ceasefire during negotiations with the US, accused Putin that she was only pulling negotiations.

In fact, Moscow has already rejected the first proposal for a total thirty -day ceasefire, while designing fire in the Black Sea also a series of conditions.