Greenland invasion 'would end NATO', Danish PM claims

DANISH Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance.

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Her comments came in response to US President Donald Trump's renewed call for the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island to come under US control in the aftermath of the weekend military operation in Venezuela.

The dead-of-night operation left the world stunned, and heightened concerns in Denmark and Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of the Danish kingdom and thus part of NATO.

Ms Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart, Jens Frederik Nielsen, condemned the president's comments and warned of catastrophic consequences.

Numerous European leaders expressed solidarity with them.