Greenland, Russia: ‘Serious concern over NATO troop deployment’

Milan, 15 January (LaPresse) – ‘The situation that is emerging in high latitudes is a cause of serious concern for us.’ This was stated by the Russian Embassy in Belgium, responding to a question from the newspaper Izvestia on NATO policy in Greenland and the Arctic in general, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. “Instead of working constructively within existing specialised institutions, primarily the Arctic Council, NATO has embarked on a path of accelerated militarisation of the North , increasing its military presence in the region under the false pretext of a growing threat from Moscow and Beijing,‘ said the Russian embassy in Brussels, which claims that ’Washington’s high-profile statements on the issue of Greenland are being used by the alliance solely to promote an anti-Russian and anti-Chinese agenda.” ‘Attempts to categorically link the growing discord within the Western camp to the need to confront Russia and China in the Arctic appear particularly cynical. Such aggressive rhetoric does not stand up to scrutiny,’ the Russian diplomatic mission said, referring to ‘hysteria’.