“In my view, it would make perfect sense not only to station US forces in Greenland, as has been the case to date, but also to consider stationing EU soldiers there in the future,” the chairman of the European Union Military Committee said.
Ultimately, such a step would require a political decision, the Austrian-born general said. The military committee is the highest military office of the European Council, but it serves as a consultative body since the bloc has no dedicated army.
US-led Nato is the main military alliance for the EU.
Although Greenland is not part of the EU as an overseas territory of Denmark, Europeans, as well as the US have interests in Greenland, the general added, citing its raw materials and strategic location.
“However, with increasing ice melt as a result of climate change, this also creates a certain potential for tension with Russia and possibly China,” he said.
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