He denmark army announced this Saturday that it evacuated a American submarine crew member off the coast of Nuuk, capital of Greenland.
“The Arctic Command evacuated this afternoon a American submarine crew member“, indicated on social networks the military entity in charge of safeguarding Danish sovereignty in the Arctic.
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According to the statement, “one crew member required emergency medical treatment” and was transferred to Nuuk hospital.
Likewise, they mentioned that the evacuation was carried out with a “helicopter moved from the inspection ship Vaedderen“, a Danish frigate based in Nuuk that performs missions of surveillance between Greenland and the Faroe Islandstwo autonomous territories of Denmark.
Images posted online show the sail of a submarine emerging in what appears to be Nuuk Bay. AFP was unable to verify its authenticity.
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It should be noted that the American president, Donald Trumpstates that the control of Greenland is essential for the security of your country. Furthermore, he accuses Denmark and Europe of not doing enough to protect the territory against the ambitions of Russia and China.
Nevertheless, Trump backed off his threats to take the territory after sign an agreement with the secretary general of the I’LL TAKEMark Rutte, which opens the way for talks between Denmark, Greenland and the United States.
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