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The idea expressed about Greenland is obviously not a good one, but maybe more important, it's obviously one that's not going to happen, so we probably shouldn't waste a lot of time talking about it,
Blinken told reporters at a press conference in Paris with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, according to Reuters Borders must not be moved by force,
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, No, I can't assure you on either of those two. But I can say this, we need them for economic security,
Asked at a press conference on Tuesday at his Florida resort whether he could assure the world he would not ... Reuters reported There is obviously no question of the EU letting other nations in the world, whoever they are, and I would even say starting with Russia, attack its sovereign borders,
France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot told the France Inter radio station on Wednesday, according to the FT There are so many things happening in real time that I want to make sure the administration that’s coming in is fully prepared to engage from day one,
I believe that the incoming administration will want to make sure that they negotiate the best possible deal. And the best possible deal has to be one that builds into it real deterrence against Russia repeating its aggression — six months, a year, two years, you name it.”
On Ukraine, where Trump has vowed to end the war rapidly, Blinken said The work, the investment we’ve made in transformative arrangements for the Middle East — starting with the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel — all of that is ready to go if the opportunity presents itself with a ceasefire and Gaza as well as understandings on a pathway forward for the Palestinians,
