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Vice -President of the United States JD Vance On Friday, Denmark was accused of insufficient security of Greenland and said other European allies could not keep up with the defense costs.

President Donald Trump He has repeatedly expressed his desire to gain control of the autonomous Danish territory, describing the perspective as an “absolute need” for the US national security.

“Denmark did not do good work to preserve Greenland,” Vnes said the military at the Pituffik space base in Greenland on Friday.

“We know that too often our allies in Europe did not keep up. They did not keep up with the military expenses, and Denmark did not keep up with the resources necessary to preserve this base to retain our troops, and, in my opinion, to keep the Greenland residents safe from the Many Agriculture Vance.

Vice -President stated that the island is important because pitufics would be the first to warn the US if the US was fired from an enemy or a submarine

“We know that Russia, China and other countries are of extreme interest in Arctic passages and Arctic military routes, as well as in the minerals of the Arctic territories. We must make sure that America leads to the Arctic because we know that if America is not, other countries will fill the gap,” he said.

After Vnes’s visit, Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said his country was “open to criticism”, but they do not “honor the tone in which he got.”

“It’s not the way you talk to your close allies,” he said in video message It is divided into the social media platform X.

“We respect that the United States needs a greater military presence in Greenland, as Vice -President Vens mentioned this evening. We, Denmark and Greenland are very open to discuss it with you,” Rasmusen said.

Ven’s visit comes like a Trump repeated Earlier this week, his desire to capture Greenland for national and international security, saying that the US will “go as far as we should go.”

“We need Greenland, and the world needs us to have Greenland, including Denmark,” he said, citing the island, which is a semi-automatic territory of Denmark.

Denmark’s Defense Minister Troll Lund Pulnsen convict Trump’s comments, saying that “far -fetched” rhetoric was further escalation by the United States

Both the governments of Greenland, and Denmark repeatedly expressed the confrontation between Trump’s proposals, with the dumb Eged, the Greenland Prime Minister earlier This month Saying, “Don’t continue to treat us with disrespect. Enough.”

Meanwhile the President of Russia Vladimir Putin This week prevent What would be a “deep mistake” to give up Trump’s efforts as some insincere conversation with the new US administration. “

Putin said the United States had previously offered to buy Greenland and planned to control the territory “back in the 1860s”.

“In short, the US has serious plans for Greenland. These plans have long historical roots, as I have just mentioned, and it is obvious that the US will continue to consistently promote its geostrate, military and economic interests to the Arctic,” the Russian President said.

The initial US plan for the delegation of officials to visit the island this week was met Stark censure From leaders in Denmark and Greenland. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederixen claimed that plans are creating “unacceptable pressure”.

The trip was reduced to a one -day event and limited to a visit to the US space base on the island, which is far from cities.

Denmark appeared greeted Changes when Foreign Minister Rasmussen believes that they symbolized de -escalation.

– Sam Mredite CNBC contributed to this report.