China fully respects Denmark’s sovereignty on Greenland, foreign minister says

BEIJING: China totally respects Denmark’s sovereignty and territorial integrity on the Greenland difficulty, Overseas Minister Wang Yi advised his Danish counterpart on Monday (Could 19), urging the European nation to reciprocate over China’s personal sovereignty considerations.

United States President Donald Trump has in current months insisted that Washington ought to take over the strategically situated, semi-autonomous Danish territory.

Beijing hopes Denmark will “proceed to assist China’s respectable place on points regarding China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity”, Wang advised Denmark’s Overseas Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen in Beijing on Monday, in line with a ministry assertion.

The assembly came about after Beijing criticised Denmark for hosting former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen final week, who met Danish lawmakers and gave a speech at a democracy summit in Copenhagen.

China claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its personal territory. Taiwan’s authorities rejects Beijing’s sovereignty declare.

Ties between China and Denmark are challenged by the latter’s casual relations with Taiwan and hit a low level in 2009 when the Dalai Lama visited Copenhagen.

However relations improved after Denmark accepted China’s supply of two pandas as a part of its so-called “panda diplomacy”.

Each international locations’ cooperation has a big concentrate on inexperienced options, with Denmark’s experience in wind energy and environmental options matching China’s urge for food for the inexperienced transition.

China is prepared to deepen financial and commerce cooperation with Denmark, in addition to cooperation in scientific innovation and the inexperienced financial system, Wang advised Rasmussen.

The 2 sides share a widespread consensus on safeguarding multilateralism and defending free commerce, he stated, including that China is prepared to strengthen dialogue and cooperation with the EU.