"France has said it is working with allies on how to react if the US were to invade Greenland, amid mounting tension over Donald Trump's escalating threats to take over the Arctic territory. The French foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, said the subject would be discussed at a meeting with the German and Polish foreign ministers on Wednesday. We want to take action, but we want to do so together with our European partners, he told France Inter radio."
"Denmark has said that should the US a fellow Nato ally invade or seize Greenland, which is part of the Danish kingdom, it would mark the end of the western military alliance and post-second world war security. On Tuesday, after one of Trump's leading aides suggested the US may be willing to seize control of the Arctic territory by force, European leaders rallied around Denmark and Greenland with a rare rebuke to the White House, declaring that Greenland belongs to its people."
"Despite this, on Tuesday night, the White House said that Trump and his team were looking at a range of options to acquire Greenland, including using the US military, which it said was always an option. But Barrot said that in a phone call on Tuesday, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, had told him that he had ruled out the possibility of an invasion of Greenland."
France is coordinating with allies on potential reactions if the United States attempted to invade Greenland. French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot plans to discuss the matter with German and Polish counterparts and expressed a desire to act jointly with European partners. Denmark warned that a US invasion of Greenland, part of the Danish kingdom, would mark the end of the western military alliance and post–second world war security. European leaders rebuked the White House after a Trump aide suggested force, while the White House said a range of options, including military action, remained under consideration. Barrot said US secretary of state Marco Rubio told him invasion was ruled out. Danish parliament held an extraordinary meeting.
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