Zakharova compared the idea of the United States on the purchase of Greenland to return Crimea

. Official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova compare the message about the US plans to buy Greenland from Denmark with the return of the Crimea.

The diplomat noted that Western countries these 2 cases differently interpretiruya people's right to self-determination.

So, the Official representative the Ministry of foreign Affairs cited the example of the Danish Royal family, said about the fact that the fate of the island must solve its inhabitants.

"I can't understand why in 2014 this concept seemed to Western countries is wrong?" - said Zakharov in the program "60 minutes" on TV channel " Russia 1 ".

first of media stated that the head of the United States Donald trump is considering the purchase of Greenland, which is part of Denmark with the rights of broad autonomy. The American leader confirmed that he had an interest in this issue " strategically ". In Greenland revealed that the island is not sold, and Denmark expressed the hope that trump was joking. Then the head of the United States has postponed a meeting with the Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen.

The Russian leadership has called the U.S. leader plans to buy the island " international shopping ". Press Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov also said that Moscow does not want to interfere in the relations of capital and Copenhagen.

Crimea became a Russian region in the result of the referendum After the coup in Ukraine in 2014. For reunification with Russia voted more than 95 % of the inhabitants of the Peninsula. According to the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin, the Crimea issue " is closed permanently."



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