The top military official of the European Union, the Robert Brigersaid it would be reasonable to park soldiers from EU countries in Greenlandaccording to an interview with the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag published today, as the US President Donald Trump He has expressed interest in acquiring this Danish soil.

“In my opinion, it would be quite reasonable not only to park US forces in Greenland, such as the case to date, but also to think of EU soldiers’ parking there in the future,” said the head of the European Union’s military committee.

In the end, such a step would require a political decision, the Austrian general said, the Military Committee is the European Council’s Supreme Military Authority, but acts as a consulting body as the Union has no army.

The US leadership NATO It is the main military alliance for the EU.

Although Greenland is not part of the EU as the territory of Denmark, Europeans, like the US, have interests in Greenland, the general added, citing its raw materials and strategic position.

“However, with the growing melting of ice as a result of climate change, this also creates a certain momentum for tension with Russia and possibly with China,” he said.

Trump has expressed interest in making Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark, part of the United States. It has not excluded the use of military or economic power in order to pressure Denmark to deliver it.

Greenland’s strategic position along the shortest route from Europe to North America, which is vital to the US ballistic missile warning system, has become a priority for Trump.

Briger has hope that the US, as members of the United Nations, will respect the border inviolable as provided by the UN Charter.