Sense of Relief Spreads Among European Leaders Over De-Escalation of Greenland Crisis

“We’ve been carefully coordinating with allies and others over the course of the previous few days. What’s now occurred is nice within the sense that the specter of tariffs has gone, and now we are able to get on with the job of rolling up our sleeves and answering the query: How can we enhance safety within the Arctic? — which everyone agrees with.” “This has from the start been a safety challenge, not a sovereignty challenge. And that’s why we’re attempting to create an off-ramp whereby we are able to strengthen Arctic safety with robust American presence as a result of their worries about Arctic safety, I believe, are right.” “I welcome the developments of yesterday and the — initially, the announcement by President Trump that pressure wouldn’t be utilized in respect of Greenland. And secondly, that the specter of tariffs on sure E.U. member states had been to be lifted.” “We now have mentioned from the very starting {that a} dialogue about our standing as a sovereign state, it can’t be mentioned, it can’t be modified. We’re prepared to work along with the U.S., in fact, as now we have at all times carried out about safety. However our pink traces which are — our additionally, our Democratic guidelines can’t be mentioned.”