French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Wednesday warned United States President-elect Donald Trump against threatening the European Union’s “sovereign borders”
Barrot’s comment came after Trump refused to rule out military action to take control of Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of EU member Denmark.
What the minister said
“There is no question of the EU letting other nations in the world, whoever they may be, attack its sovereign borders,” Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told France Inter radio.
He added that, while he did not believe the US “would invade” Greenland, “we have entered an era that is seeing the return of the law of the strongest.”
“There is obviously no question that the European Union would let other nations of the world attack its sovereign borders, whoever they are,” Barrot said. “We are a strong continent.”
Trump on Monday declined to rule out military or economic action as part of his wish both to have the US take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal.
“No, I can’t assure you on either of those two. But I can say this, we need them for economic security,” said Trump, when asked.
More to come on this developing story.
rc/lo (Reuters, AFP)
