(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, JAN 21 - German Foreign Minister
Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday criticised Donald Trump's
"unacceptable" pledge to seize the Panama Canal, which the
returning US president repeated in his inaugural address.
Baerbock was asked in an interview about Trump's comments Monday
on the waterway and on his desire to control Greenland, an
autonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark. "Any threat against a
NATO member or other states is of course completely
unacceptable," Baerbock told German broadcaster RBB. Baerbock
however said that Germany needed to "play it smart", when
responding to the president's statements. "It's not about how
President Trump says something... but we should look at why he
says something," Baerbock said. The focus should be on "what
interests are behind (Trump's statements)... and then standing
up for our own interests", she said. (ANSA-AFP).
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