He said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Parliament on Wednesday that he would not bow to pressure from the US president Donald Trump Regarding the future of the region Greenland Self-governing Denmark.
Starmer added, “I will not back down, and Britain will not compromise its principles and values regarding the future of Greenland under the threat of tariffs. That is my clear position,” noting that he will host his Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen, in London on Thursday.
Trump had threatened to impose tariffs on Britain and other European countries because of their opposition to his efforts to acquire Greenland.
Starmer added, “I will not back down, and Britain will not compromise its principles and values regarding the future of Greenland under the threat of tariffs. That is my clear position,” noting that he will host his Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen, in London on Thursday.
Trump had threatened to impose tariffs on Britain and other European countries because of their opposition to his efforts to acquire Greenland.
US military base
Starmer also faced criticism in Parliament from Conservative opposition leader Kemi Paddock over Trump's condemnation of his government's agreement on the Chagos Islands.
The Chagos Agreement stipulates that Britain will hand over the archipelago, located about 2,000 kilometers northeast of Mauritius, to its former colony, and will pay a fee to lease the US-British military base there for a century.
Trump had described the agreement on Tuesday on social media as "very stupid."
In response to the criticism, Starmer told MPs, "President Trump's words were clearly intended to pressure me into compromising my principles. What he said about Chagos was literally in the same sentence he used when he spoke about Greenland. That was his aim."
