Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the U.S. and Denmark 'are sovereign, they can make different offers to each other.'
Russia has said President Donald Trump has the right to put an offer on Denmark's semi-autonomous territory of Greenland.
"These two states are sovereign, they can make different offers to each other, respond to them, accept these proposals, they can take any decision they like, this is their right," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told reporters Friday. The town of Ilulissat is seen on Disko Bay, August 4, in Greenland. The semi-autonomous territory of Denmark has been the subject of international headlines after President Donald Trump expressed interest in purchasing it.Greenland has an estimated landmass of nearly 840,000 square miles, making it more than three times the size of Texas and still larger than the largest U.S. state of Alaska, which was purchased from the Russian Empire amid mixed U.S. public opinion in 1867.
A map created December 31, 2008 shows the Arctic region, along with the Northwest Passage, Northeast Passage and Northern Sea Route. Climate change has opened up new passageways in the region.Though Frederiksen emphasized that Greenland was"not for sale," Republican Senator Tom Cotton argued for buying it anyway in an op-ed that appeared Monday in. He said the U.S. could improve the lives of locals and combat Chinese influence there.
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