NATO is facing difficult times due to the crisis over Greenland, but Western allies must remember their common adversary is Russia, which is increasing its military presence in the Arctic, Norway's defence minister said on Wednesday, APA reports, citing Reuters.
Tore Sandvik was speaking as the Western military alliance is fraying under the pressure of U.S. President Donald Trump's relentless push to acquire Greenland from fellow NATO ally Denmark.
"The dimensional threat for the West, for NATO, (for) all members of NATO, still is Russia," Sandvik told a meeting with foreign correspondents in Oslo. "These are demanding times. The situation in NATO is difficult."
Trump was expected to repeat his demands to take control of the Arctic island later on Wednesday, when he speaks at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
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