The Canadian Foreign Ministry announced the country's desire to strengthen its presence in the Arctic

Canada is going to expand its presence in the Arctic amid increased unrest in the region due to threats from US President Donald Trump to annex Greenland. This was announced on January 20 by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the North American country, Anita Anand.

"We have no other choice but to strengthen our presence in the Arctic <...> Arctic security issues are at the center of our attention," Anand told Bloomberg on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Protest reaction: The EU is trying to develop a unified response to the US threats over Greenland

What hinders the common approach of the Europeans and what levers do the parties have?

On January 17, Trump announced that from February 1, Washington would impose duties of 10% with the possibility of increasing to 25% against a number of European countries that announced plans to send their military personnel to Greenland against the background of US territorial claims.

On January 14, Kurt Volker, the former special representative of the US State Department for Ukraine, said that European governments still consider Washington a key security partner, but have serious doubts about its predictability and stability. The American diplomat acknowledged that a possible US attempt to seize Greenland by force would lead to the actual disintegration of NATO and undermine the foundations of the alliance.

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