“US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that America has started an active phase of negotiations with Denmark and the authorities of Greenland and will make efforts to bring positive results to these negotiations.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Rubio during the testimony before the legislators of the US Congress, he is quoted CNN, writes “European Truth”
Details: According to the head of the State Department, the parties are currently at a “good point” regarding the discussion of the status of the island, and direct consultations will start today.
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“I think we have a process that will lead us to a good outcome for everybody,” he told lawmakers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“Even at the moment when I am addressing you, there are technical meetings on this issue between us and our partners in Greenland and Denmark. I think we will achieve a positive result,” he said.
The Secretary of State emphasized that the negotiations will have a regular and professional character, but Washington seeks to avoid excessive publicity of this process.
“We will try to do it in such a way that these negotiations do not turn into a circus in the media, because we believe that this will give both sides more flexibility to achieve a positive result,” said the chief US diplomat.
“I think we’re going to get there,” Rubio added, echoing President Donald Trump’s promise that the US would not use force.
Prehistory:
- Earlier on Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron called the dispute with the US over Greenland a “strategic wake-up call” for Europe.
- During a visit to Paris, the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, stated that the world order as it was known until now is a thing of the past.
- The Prime Minister of Greenland, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, during a speech at the Paris University of Sciences Po, said that there are red lines in the negotiations with the United States that cannot be crossed.
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