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We are open for investment cooperation in the Arctic. That could be in logistics, or other areas beneficial to Russia and to the US,
We are open to considering different investment opportunities that we can do jointly with the US, in certain sectors approved by the Russian government,
President Putin's envoy for foreign investment and economic cooperation Kirill Dmitriev said, as reported by BBC Geopolitical competition in the Arctic region is intensifying,
Putin said, citing Trump's Greenland proposal as a key example The president is really interested in Arctic security, as you all know, and it's only going to get bigger over the coming decades.”
While in Greenland, Vance said As for Greenland, this is an issue that concerns two specific states and has nothing to do with us,
The postwar global order is not just obsolete, it is now a weapon being used against us,
said Marco Rubio during his Senate confirmation hearing in January Let me remind you that by 1868, the purchase of Alaska was ridiculed in American newspapers,
We need to create conditions for the growth of effective domestic operators that will engage in transporting containers of coal and other cargo through the Arctic
In his speech, Putin said We are certainly concerned about Nato members describing the far north as the region of possible conflicts
Speaking in the Arctic port of Murmansk yesterday, Putin said As Putin was rolling around Ukraine and politicians were talking about a much greater threat, we were cutting our army down, ... Both Army and Navy equipment has been allowed to wither on the vine.
The Vice President and Second Lady are embarking on a historic expedition with their visit to Greenland, where the vice president will emphasize the importance of bolstering Artic security in places like Pituffik Space Base,
a senior White House official said I view it from a security standpoint, we have to be there,
There should be no doubt about my love for Greenland, and my connection to the Greenlandic people is intact,
he told Danish television TV2. It makes no sense, because the idea is that Ukraine should give everything it has, all its natural resources, in exchange of the aid which has been already provided. But it's absurd,
You know, [that would be like] seeing a person who has been killed by a maniac, and instead of helping this person who is bleeding and fighting, struggling for his life, you are trying to take his possessions,
Our historical memory is very strong like that - we shouldn't ever allow anyone to have full control over our soil,
It completely ignores international law and the Ukrainian constitution and Ukrainian law,
said Oleksadr Morezkho, chairman of the Ukrainian parliament’s foreign affairs committee Our troops are not fighting for because Zelensky sent them to fight. We are fighting because we believe this is our right, that's our land. You can't just take away our freedom from us and the question of the soil is one of the issues we are so emotional about,
There is no doubt that we are facing a difficult situation.”
The Danish government also strongly opposed the original plan, and on Thursday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said It’s a tactical retreat — a repositioning to strike harder later,
said Lars Trier Mogensen, a political analyst based in Copenhagen