
European Commission President Van der Leyen visited Greenland, issued a joint statement with the Prime Ministers of Greenland and Denmark, and released a partnership plan with an investment of 200 million euros, focusing on communications, clean energy and key raw materials, demonstrating the EU's influence in the Arctic region.
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The EU and Greenland signed a joint statement and released a partnership plan to strengthen bilateral ties.
(Central News Agency reporter Wu Baiwei, Brussels, 7th) The EU signed a joint statement with Greenland today and released the "EU-Greenland Partnership Plan". The EU will invest 200 million euros (approximately NT$7.33 billion) in Greenland, focusing on communication links, clean energy and key raw materials. The EU reiterates its support for Greenland through this move.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland from the 6th to the 7th and held talks with Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and others. The three parties issued a joint statement today.
According to a press release issued by the European Commission, Van der Leyen pointed out that the results of this visit cover three parts, signing a "Joint Statement", releasing the "EU-Greenland Partnership Plan" with an investment scale of 200 million euros, and discussing the specific content of the upcoming implementation of this plan.
She said that this joint statement reflects Greenland's choice to strengthen its ties with the EU in line with its own values, freedoms and interests. It also demonstrates Europe's choice to show more influence in Greenland and the Arctic.
Regarding the "EU-Greenland Partnership Plan", van der Leyen said that it mainly focuses on three areas or strategic priorities, including communication links, clean energy and key raw materials.
She emphasized that cooperation in these three areas is just the beginning. She has proposed to more than double the EU's financial subsidies to Greenland, and is expected to increase the total budget to 530 million euros by 2034. The EU hopes to establish a long-term partnership and focusing on the next budget also symbolizes the EU's commitment to becoming a reliable partner.
Van der Leyen also reiterated that the EU stands firmly with the people of Denmark and Greenland and will continue to do so in the future.
She said that the future of Greenland should be decided by the Greenlandic and Danish people themselves, and no one else should be allowed to comment. Territorial integrity, national sovereignty and inviolability of borders are the basic principles of international law.
Van der Leyen said that the Arctic has become one of the areas where geopolitical plates collide, so what happens here is closely related to the European Union. That’s why the EU has drawn up a new Arctic strategy, expected to be published this autumn, setting out the EU’s vision for the Arctic and how to build a stronger partnership with Europe’s northern neighbours.
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