The German Chancellor reiterated the importance of respecting the borders of a country to maintain peace
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned that all countries deserve to honor the sanctity of borders, no matter how difficult or where they are, responding to President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that the United States deserves to take control of the Greenland and Panama Canal.
“The precept of borders inviolability applies to all countries, to the east or west of the United States,” Scholz said Wednesday after talking with several European leaders and the president of the European Council.
“Each state will have to condemn it, be it a small country or a very hard state. This is a precept of the touchdown of foreign law and a key detail of what we call Western values, “he added.
Scholz did not mention Trump by name but said that he and other leaders discussed “a certain level of incomprehension” that came from the statements made by the U.S.
The comments from the German chancellor come less than a century after his country invaded most of Europe and started World War II. While the country is responsible for inciting World War II and the Holocaust, new generations look back with profound guilt.
Scholz has said before that defending freedom and those who are attacked is Germany’s responsibility to prevent such atrocities from occurring.
Trump, who has in the past mocked Reuming Greenland, reiterated his comments this week, this time hinting that the United States would not oppose the use of Army force to use Greenland or the Panama Canal.
Greenland is a self-governing island country and a territory in Denmark. The Danish prime minister and prime minister of Greenland, Greenland, said not for sale.
However, Trump, citing national security matters, has said he believes taking over Greenland would benefit all people.
Scholz told reporters on Wednesday that borders “must not be moved by force” and under pressure the importance of joining as allies, especially the United States, Ukraine’s right to its borders.
“We are doing this to the sovereignty and integrity of Ukraine, but also to the precept of the inviolability of borders. This precept is found and is the basis of our peace order,” Scholz said.
The comment also gave the impression of being an oblique way of communicating with Trump, who has sympathized with Russian President Vladimir Putin and criticized Ukrainian help.
During his first term, Trump planned to withdraw the United States from NATO, a key alliance formed after World War II in which members agreed themselves opposed to attacks across other countries.
Trump has been highly critical of NATO. During his press conference on Wednesday, the president-elect called for alliance members to spend up to five percent of their GDP on defense – up from two percent.
In recent weeks, Trump has accelerated his attacks against the allies. He threatened to impose costs in Canada, Mexico and the European Union. He laughed at Canada as “State 51” and blamed Mexico for fentanyl overdose in the United States
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