US EditionItaly urges NATO to coordinate in Arctic as Greenland tensions escalate
Italy called on NATO to coordinate Arctic efforts amid Russia's military buildup and China's growing presence, highlighting economic opportunities from new shipping routes for firms like Fincantieri.
- On Jan 16 Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni urged NATO to develop a coordinated presence in the Arctic region in a letter read during the Italian government paper presentation.
- Italy's policy paper warned Moscow's renewed Arctic focus included energy and mineral resources vital to its security and a military build-up, the Italian government paper said.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has renewed calls for American control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, which rejected the proposal in Washington talks this week, while the document said Arctic shipping routes offer prospects for Italy's Fincantieri.
- Italy, an Arctic Council observer since 2013, updated its Arctic policy amid recent U.S.-Danish tensions, and the document said NATO and the European Union reacted to Russia's assertive Arctic posture and border violations in Ukraine.
- Amid widening rivalry, Rome listed militarisation, closer Russian Federation-China ties, the end of Sweden and Finland's neutrality, and the U.S. position on Greenland as major Arctic drivers, also flagging China as a self-declared `near-Arctic state` with growing Northern Sea Route interest.
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