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Russia and China to Continue Expanding Military Cooperation

Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. (AFP/Getty Images)
Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. (AFP/Getty Images)
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Russia and China to Continue Expanding Military Cooperation

Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. (AFP/Getty Images)
Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. (AFP/Getty Images)

Russia and China will continue to expand their military cooperation, Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov was quoted as saying on Friday by the TASS news agency.

Gerasimov has invited his Chinese counterpart to visit Russia, news agencies reported.

"The practice of joint operational and combat training of the Russian and Chinese Armed Forces should remain an important area of further activities," Gerasimov was quoted as saying.

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Danish PM Tells Trump It Is up to Greenland to Decide on Independence

Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen attends the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit in Helsinki, Finland, 14 January 2025. (EPA)
Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen attends the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit in Helsinki, Finland, 14 January 2025. (EPA)
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Danish PM Tells Trump It Is up to Greenland to Decide on Independence

Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen attends the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit in Helsinki, Finland, 14 January 2025. (EPA)
Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen attends the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit in Helsinki, Finland, 14 January 2025. (EPA)

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Wednesday she had spoken on the phone with US President-elect Donald Trump and told him that it is up to Greenland itself to decide on any independence.

Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, said last week that US control of Greenland was an "absolute necessity" and did not rule out using military or economic action such as tariffs against Denmark to make it happen.

"In the conversation, the prime minister referred to the statements of the Chairman of the Greenlandic Parliament, Mute B. Egede, that Greenland is not for sale," Frederiksen's office said in a statement.

"The prime minister emphasized that it is up to Greenland itself to make a decision on independence," the statement said.

Frederiksen also stressed the importance of strengthening security in the Arctic and that Denmark was open to taking a greater responsibility, it added.