Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen announced on Tuesday that the country will increase Greenland's defense spending. He did not reveal the exact amount of funding, but Danish media estimate that it will amount to approximately CZK 12-15 billion (PLN 7 – 9 billion).
Poulsen said the package would make it possible purchase of two new shipstwo long-range drones and two dog sled teams.
The funding will allow for: increasing employment at the Danish Arctic Command in the capital Greenland Nuuk, and the modernization of the civilian airport to enable it to handle F-35 fighters.
– For many years We didn't invest enough a lot in the Arctic, now we plan to increase our presence, said the Danish Defense Minister.
Donald Trump announces US expansion
Donald Trump presented the idea of ​​​​buying Greenland during his first term in 2019 on Monday Donald Trump stated that control over Greenland is for the United States”an absolute necessity“.
The Prime Minister of Greenland, Mute Egede, commented on Trump's words: – Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.
– We are not for sale – emphasized the Prime Minister of the autonomous region of Denmark.
On Sunday, Trump also mentioned the US taking control again Panama Canalaccusing Panama too high fees for flow through the canal.
Previously, Trump suggested that You have became the 51st US state and called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “Governor of the Great State of Canada.”
Greenland is an autonomous dependent territory Denmark. It fits on it American space center. Island inhabited by 56 thousand people. It is of strategic importance, lying on the route from America to Europe and Asia. Greenland also has large ones mineral and petroleum reserves.