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According to NATO’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte, a new framework that was reached with US President Donald Trump as he attempted to buy Greenland will require that the country immediately increase its Arctic security.

As Washington’s traditional European allies scrambled to respond to Trump’s sudden remark regarding his threats to acquire the strategic Arctic island, a semi-autonomous territory of NATO member Denmark, the NATO chief made the remarks at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday.

Rutte told Reuters, “We will work with our senior commanders in NATO to determine what is required.”

“I have no doubt that we can accomplish this quickly. I certainly hope for 2026, and I hope even soon thereafter.

Trump has increased his threats to seize the island in recent weeks, citing fears that China or Russia might buy it, which could plunge US-European relations to their lowest point in decades and raise concerns about NATO’s survival.

However, the US leader unexpectedly dropped his threat to impose 10% tariffs on European nations who oppose his government’s plan to conquer the island and ruled out using force to seize it, saying he and Rutte had come to terms with a “framework” for a pending agreement involving Greenland and the Arctic region.

Trump also mentioned the “additional discussions” being held on Greenland regarding the $175 billion Golden Dome missile defence program, which will launch US weapons into space for the first time, but he provided few details about the discussions.

Rutte told Reuters that he was confident that NATO allies outside the Arctic would support the effort and that Ukraine’s support for its conflict with Russia would not suffer from increased security focus.

Rutte noted that discussions regarding the mineral exploitation on the resource-rich island had not been held during the meeting with Trump. Additionally, negotiations would continue between the US, Denmark, and Greenland itself.

Denmark is unable to bargain for its own future.

We cannot bargain over our sovereignty, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement released on Thursday.

It was “good and natural” for Trump and Rutte to discuss Arctic security, according to Frederiksen, and it was up to NATO as a whole.

She claimed to have spoken with Rutte “on an ongoing basis,” including both before and after his meeting with Trump in Davos, and that she had been informed that only Denmark and Greenland could decide matters of their own making.

Denmark wanted to keep talking with allies about strengthening security in the Arctic, including the US Golden Dome program, “provided that this is done with respect to our territorial integrity,” Frederiksen said.

Rutte said the question “did not come up again in my conversations tonight with the president” when asked whether Greenland would continue to be a part of the Danish kingdom under the framework agreement Trump announced in an interview with Fox News.

He is very focused on what we need to do to protect the vast Arctic region, where change is occurring right now, and where the Chinese and Russians are actively engaged, according to Rutte.

“Our discussions really focused on that,” she said.

Rutte “did not propose any compromise to sovereignty during his meeting with President Trump,” according to NATO spokesman Allison Hart on Thursday.

She added that discussions between Denmark, Greenland, and the US would continue in order to “make sure that Russia and China never gain a foothold in Greenland, whether economically or militarily.”

Germany backs discussions.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reaffirmed that Europeans should not dismiss Trump’s U-turn on Greenland too quickly.

According to Merz, “We support discussions between Denmark, Greenland, and] the United States on the basis of these principles,” aiming for closer cooperation.

“We are making steps in that right direction, which is good news,” said the minister. This is the right course of action, according to President Trump’s remarks from last night.

Merz argued that the Arctic region must be more closely watched by European NATO allies because it represents “a common transatlantic interest.”

He declared, “We will shield Denmark, Greenland, and the north from the threat posed by Russia.”

“We will uphold the sovereignty and territorial integrity principles that the transatlantic partnership was founded on.”

His remarks were made at a Thursday emergency summit, when EU leaders were reportedly scheduled to discuss re-evaluating their ties to Washington.

Despite the international cricket body’s refusal to change the schedule of the T20 World Cup, Bangladesh has reiterated their opposition to not visiting India for the tournament. They will once again request that Sri Lanka’s games be moved to Sri Lanka.

After a meeting between BCB officials, Bangladeshi cricketers, and government representatives in Dhaka on Thursday, BCB President Aminul Islam declared, “We will return to the ICC with our plan to play in Sri Lanka.”

The global cricket body made the announcement a day after it warned the BCB that if Scotland refused to play its matches in Group C, the men’s T20 World Cup could be played in India.

Within a day, the ICC requested from the BCB to review its decision with the Bangladeshi government and provide a response. Then, a final decision would be made.

A global body can’t really do that, Islam said to reporters. “They did give us a 24-hour ultimatum.

“We want to compete in the World Cup, but we won’t play in India.” He continued, “We will keep fighting.”

The ICC, according to the BCB chief, would have to suffer if Bangladesh were to be kicked out of the competition.

He claimed that “the ICC will miss out on the 200 million spectators of the World Cup.”

On February 7, Bangladesh will face the West Indies at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on the opening day of the competition. Before their final Group C game against Nepal at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, they will play two additional group-stage games at the same venue.

However, the BCB has withdrawn its team’s travels to India because it is concerned about the security and safety of its players.

Due to the ongoing political unrest between the two countries, Mustafizur Rahman was abruptly removed from the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the request of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The ICC announced on Wednesday that it had communicated with the BCB detailed independent security assessments, detailed venue-level security plans, and formal assurances from the host authorities, and that all reports stated that there was no “credible or vérifiable threat to the safety or security of the Bangladesh team in India.”

After the board of directors of the international body met via video conference to discuss the issue, an ICC spokesperson said, “Despite these efforts, the BCB kept its position by repeatedly linking its participation in the tournament to a single, unrelated, and unrelated development.”

The ICC spokesperson added that “this linkage has no impact on the tournament’s security framework or the requirements for participation in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.”

The ICC’s claims were refuted by Asif Nazrul, a youth and sports adviser in the interim Bangladeshi government, who claimed it had failed to address Bangladesh’s concerns.

He claimed that the ICC has not been able to persuade us about the security issue and has not addressed our grievances.

Even the Indian government failed to address our concerns or attempt to calm us.

“We are optimistic that the ICC will give us a chance to play in Sri Lanka.” Our country’s government has chosen not to visit India.

Litton Das, the captain of Bangladesh, expressed concern about the uncertainty surrounding the participation of his team before the most recent round of discussions.

After a Tuesday domestic cricket game, Das declared, “From where I stand, everyone is uncertain,”

Since August last year, when former prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled to New Delhi from Dhaka after an uprising against her rule, diplomatic relations between the once-close allies have been severely hampered.

India is at fault for a number of its problems, including Hasina’s support for the country’s prime minister when she was in power.

Nearly three-quarters of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Ras Ein al-Auja have been destroyed by settler violence in the occupied West Bank, causing hundreds of people to flee. Residents who remain claim that there is no other place for them to go and that they are being purposefully driven out of their homes.

US President Donald Trump discussed the nations that the US had bombed under his leadership in a speech before the signing of his so-called “Board of Peace.”