German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Saturday that the principle of sovereign borders must be protected, days after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out force to seize Greenland.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday publicly called out US President-elect Donald Trump over his threat to seize control of Greenland, saying "the inviolability of borders applies to every country.

Greenland is an autonomous island country and territory of Denmark. Both the Danish prime minister and Greenlandic premier have said Greenland is not for sale. However, Trump, citing national security matters, has said he believes taking over Greenland would benefit all people.

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The European Commission stated that it expected to continue working with the US administration on topics of strategic importance to both sides, as well as emphasised the necessity of respecting sovereignty of states.

France warned President-elect Donald Trump to back off from threats to the European Union’s “sovereign borders” Wednesday, a day after he declined to rule out using military force to take Greenland. “There is no question of the EU letting other nations in the world—whoever they might be—attack its sovereign borders,

French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the European Union would not ‘let other nations of the world attack its sovereign borders, whoever they are’