Reference News Network, January 14 report. According to European News Agency on January 13, U.S. Republican Congressman Randy Farn submitted a bill to the U.S. House of Representatives on the 12th, proposing to incorporate Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory currently belonging to Denmark, into the United States, making it the 51st state of the U.S. Farn cited the reason that "Washington cannot allow rival major powers to exert influence over one of the most strategically significant regions in the world."
The report stated in a message published on the U.S. Congress website, Farn said, "Greenland is not an isolated outpost we can ignore; it is an asset vital to national security." He also emphasized, "Whoever controls Greenland controls the key Arctic shipping routes and the framework for protecting American national security."
The document submitted to the House authorizes the President to take necessary measures to annex Greenland or incorporate it into U.S. territory, including negotiations with the Danish government.
Farn said: "My bill will defend our territory, secure our economic future, and ensure that the rule-making power in the Arctic region is in the hands of the U.S., not China or Russia."
Several hours before the bill was submitted to the House, the Prime Minister of the Greenlandic self-government, Nielsen, had just reiterated that the island belongs to Danish territory and advocated cooperation with NATO to "defend the island." (Translated by Wang Meng)
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