Copenhagen promotes national defense expenditures and talks with allies because it resists our demand for strategic islands.

Denmark announced a plan to promote its military existence in the Arctic and North Atlantic regions.

Copenhagen announced on Monday that it tilted additional $ 14.6 billion to Denmark Crown ($ 2.05 billion). The news was because European countries rejected US President Donald Trump’s control over Greenland.

Denmark Minister of Defense Lund Poulsen said in a statement: “The security and national defense in the Arctic and North Atlantic are facing serious challenges.”

His announcement was to meet with the leaders of France, Germany and NATO in the Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to cover up the “European unity” of Greenland this week.

“Europe is facing a serious situation. With the war in the mainland, geopolitical reality has changed. At this moment, unity is important,” Frederikson said in a statement.

Denmark is a small country with a powerful ally. This is part of a powerful European community, and we can meet the challenges we face together. “Fredrickson said.

Precious goal

Greenland, Denmark, has a large number of mineral resources, has become a precious goal. The Arctic is opening a new transportation route and increasing its strategic value.

Earlier this month, Trump said Greenland It is important for the security of the United States, and Denmark must give up control.

The U.S. military has a permanent existence in the Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland. This is the strategic place of its early front of the ballistic missile. This is the shortest route from Europe to North America.

Although Denmark is responsible for the safety and defense of Greenland, its military capacity on the vast island is limited and is widely considered to be a safe black hole.

Close cooperation

As part of the packaging, Denmark will get three new ships in the Arctic waters around Greenland, more remote drones and increase satellite capacity.

At present, Denmark’s capabilities include four aging inspection vessels, a challenger monitoring aircraft and 12 dog sled patrol teams, all responsible for monitoring four times the size of France.

After more than ten years of national defense expenditure, Denmark distributed 190 billion Danish Crown (US $ 26 billion) for the army in 10 years, and some of them were now allocated to the Arctic.

The Copenhagen Department of Defense said that the government has agreed with most parliamentary political parties to cooperate closely with the government of the Farro Islands and Greenland.

These three governments also agreed to negotiate the second agreement on deterrence and defense in the summer.