00:00The Chinese government on Thursday dismissed accusations of its ambitions in the Arctic as groundless.
00:08Beijing condemned NATO and the United States for making up things over their dispute on the U.S. push to buy Greenland from Denmark for its national and international security in the Arctic region.
00:30At a panel discussion on the sidelines of the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland, NATO Secretary General Mark Ruda said he had a good discussion with the U.S. administration on a deal framework for Greenland, on how NATO allies can work together to ensure security in the Arctic.
00:53He said they discussed how they could best defend the Arctic against China and Russia.
00:58And when it comes to the Arctic, President Trump in his first term already said we should spend more time and more energy on the Arctic and to defend the Arctic against the Russians and the Chinese because the sea lanes are opening up.
01:14Greenland, yes, not only Greenland, it is the whole Arctic. Seven nations in NATO, one outside NATO, Russia, and these seven have to defend themselves against Russia and China.
01:23And then when it comes to, so that's one war extreme coming out of yesterday, and the other is to make sure when it comes to Greenland, particularly that we ensure that the Chinese and the Russians will not gain access to the Greenland economy, to, militarily to Greenland.
01:39And that will be a discussion taken forward, based on what already happened last Wednesday, when Marco Rubio and Vice President Vance had their discussions with the Danish delegation.
01:50U.S. President Donald Trump told world and business leaders at the forum on Wednesday that he would not seize Greenland by force,
01:57and his administration will step back from threats to impose tariffs on EU goods into the U.S. if it is not allowed to acquire the island.
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