The UK has played down suggestions that the Joint Expeditionary Force could be deployed to Greenland, stressing that the island\u2019s security is already guaranteed through NATO.<\/p>\n
Speaking during a Commons exchange, SNP MP Dave Doogan raised concerns about security in the High North, citing reported US worries over Greenland\u2019s vulnerability to Russian and Chinese activity. Doogan said he supported continued assistance to Ukraine and praised recent US maritime interdiction efforts, before asking what discussions had taken place with Joint Expeditionary Force partners about potential engagement in Greenland.<\/p>\n
He told the House: \u201cThere are other challenges in the High North as we speak. Our allies in the United States are apparently very concerned about the vulnerability of Greenland to Russian and Chinese aggression.\u201d He asked whether discussions had been held \u201cabout how the JEF may deploy to Greenland, to allay those US fears.\u201d<\/p>\n
Responding, Defence Secretary John Healey said he had been in contact with Denmark and rejected the premise that Greenland required additional security arrangements outside existing frameworks. He said: \u201cThe Prime Minister was very clear in the joint declaration that he signed yesterday in Paris that Greenland is part of Denmark.\u201d<\/p>\n
Healey added: \u201cIts sovereignty is not at stake, and it is defended by being part of NATO. Its security is guaranteed by all 32 member states, and any future for Greenland is a matter for the Greenlanders and the citizens of Denmark.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK has played down suggestions that the Joint Expeditionary Force could be deployed to Greenland, stressing that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-687585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115873009139175705","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}