Rubio ruled out scenario of US military intervention in Greenland following example of Venezuela, - Barrot
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured that the United States is not considering military intervention in Greenland along the lines of the scenario implemented in Venezuela.
This was stated by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, according to Censor.NET with reference to Le Figaro.
According to Barro, he received assurances to this effect during a telephone conversation with the head of US diplomacy.
"I spoke on the phone yesterday with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He confirmed that this is not the approach supported by the United States. He ruled out the possibility that what just happened in Venezuela could happen in Greenland," said the French Foreign Minister.
Barro added that Rubio explicitly ruled out repeating in Greenland the scenario that the US implemented in Venezuela.
The head of French diplomacy also stressed that "an attack by one NATO country on another would not make sense" and "would be contrary to US interests." According to him, Greenland is European territory and will remain so.
US plans for Greenland
- Recall that in early January, Trump said that Denmark should give up Greenland to protect the "free world."
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen cannot imagine and does not believe that the US will use military or economic force to control Greenland.
- Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen said, however, that Greenland could become independent if its inhabitants wanted it to, but it would not become a US state.
- CNN writes that Danish officials fear that US President Donald Trump is much more serious about acquiring Greenland than he was during his first term.
- Earlier, Greenland's Prime Minister Morten Aage Høgh stated that the island does not want to be American or Danish, but seeks independence, noting that this is nothing new.
- On March 5, Trump said that the US was "ready to accept Greenland into its ranks" if the people were "in favor": "We will get it one way or another."
- In November, the Greenlandic parliament passed a law restricting foreigners' right to purchase real estate on the island. This happened amid growing interest from the US in acquiring real estate in Greenland.
What preceded it?
- On the morning of January 3, powerful explosions rocked the Venezuelan capital of Caracas.
- CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs wrote on Twitter: "President Trump has ordered strikes on targets inside Venezuela, including military facilities, US officials said, as the administration stepped up its campaign against President Nicolas Maduro's regime early Saturday."
- Later, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the US military operation in Venezuela had been completed. The country's leader, Nicolas Maduro, has been detained and is currently under the control of the US authorities.
- It later became known that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cecilia Flores would face a series of charges and stand trial in New York.
- Venezuela sent a request to the UN Security Council Secretariat for an urgent meeting of the Security Council in connection with the United States' attacks on the country.
