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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov during a summit of CIS leaders in Moscow, Russia, on October 8, 2024.
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On Thursday, the Kremlin said it was closely monitoring President-elect Donald Trump’s continued pursuit of Greenland.
Earlier this week, Trump said he would not rule out using military force to seize the strategically important Arctic island, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark, saying it was in the economic and national interests of the United States.
Trump’s comments have found some support among pro-Kremlin figures in Russia, including those close to President Vladimir Putin stating that any US move to claim Greenland would legitimize Russia’s own expansionist goals and ambitions to bring former Soviet territories, such as the Baltics, back into their own sphere of influence and power.
European leaders have warned President-elect Trump has opposed taking over Greenland, saying the move would violate international borders, while Denmark and Greenland have said the island, home to a US military base, is “not for sale”.
In the Kremlin’s first public comments on the matter on Thursday, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was closely monitoring the situation.
“Such claims are probably more a matter of bilateral relations between the United States and Denmark,” Peskov told reporters on Thursday, according to comments This is reported by the Russian state news agency TASS and translated by Google.
“We are following this rather dramatic development of the situation very carefully, but for now, thank God, (the situation remains) at the level of statements,” Piaskov said.
