Mogens Lykketoft: No EU troops in Greenland

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While the EU could theoretically send troops to Greenland, there are no plans for it, former Danish Foreign Minister Mogens Lykketoft says.   #Greenland #Trump

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00:00I mean, there are some suggestions, and these are being touted today, because your Prime

00:05Minister has been talking to European leaders, meeting the NATO Secretary General.

00:09There are suggestions that Europe could dispatch troops to Greenland.

00:14Could that really happen?

00:16Well, Greenland is a part of NATO and Greenland is in a certain way associated but not a member

00:24of the European Union.

00:27And of course, it's part of the territory of Denmark.

00:31And if European countries would be asked and willing to do that, it is a possibility, of

00:39course.

00:40But that would be more or less of a symbolic gesture.

00:45I haven't heard of anyone actually discussing that right now.

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