France expresses solidarity with Denmark over Trump’s Greenland threats, stating borders cannot be changed by force and international law must be respected.
PARIS: France has expressed its solidarity with Denmark following renewed threats by US President Donald Trump to take over the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland.
“Borders cannot be changed by force,” French foreign ministry spokesman Pascal Confavreux told television channel TF1. He stated that Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders and the Danes, and it is up to them to decide its future.
Trump reiterated his claim that Greenland should become part of the United States, despite calls from Denmark’s prime minister to stop threatening the territory. This follows Washington’s military intervention in Venezuela, which has reignited fears over Greenland’s strategic Arctic location.
Confavreux said “international law had not been respected” during the US action in Venezuela. He added that while France would “not mourn” Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who had “lost his legitimacy,” it was the duty of prominent UN Security Council members to denounce any violation of the UN Charter.
“We deplore it, we are preparing for this advent of the law of the strongest, but we are not resigned to it,” he said.