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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Patrick

Putin warns world to take Trump’s Greenland annexation threat seriously: ‘Not eccentric talk’

Vladimir Putin has warned that Donald Trump's threat to control Greenland is not "eccentric talk" from the US president's administration.

The Republican has made repeated threats to annex the semi-autonomous region of Denmark – a desire that has sparked anger among Greenlanders and in Copenhagen.

Speaking on Thursday, 27 March, at the International Arctic Forum, the Russian president warned: "It would be a great mistake to believe these are some kind of extravagant conversations of the new American administration."

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