Lord Bellingham
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Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)
No, clearly not. Our position on Greenland has been expressed very forcefully by the Prime Minister and our allies. It is for the people of Greenland and the kingdom of Denmark to determine the future of Greenland.
Lord Bellingham (Con)
My Lords, I entirely agree with what the Minister had to say about the unpleasantness of President Maduro; we are well rid of him. She mentioned international law. Can she expand on that? For example, if China launched a military operation on Taiwan and abducted Lai Ching-te, or if Putin launched a raid on Warsaw and abducted Donald Tusk, she would say that both actions were gross abuses of international law and would demand multiple sanctions and the immediate recall of the Security Council. Can she give a legal explanation of why those two examples would be obvious breaches of international law but the American raid and abduction are not?
Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)
It is not for me to say whether it is or not. My point is that it is for the United States to explain its actions and where it feels they sit within the context of international law. That is the position of our Government and of many of our allies in the European Union.