US seizure of Greenland is ‘not going to happen’, says David Lammy

The differences emerged despite Lammy insisting he was not in the business of condemning the UK’s closest ally. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AP

The UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, has said a US military seizure of Greenland is not going to happen, as he played down Donald Trump’s threats to seize the territory from Denmark.

“No Nato countries have gone to war [with each other] since the establishment of Nato, and I do not envisage that,” he said, adding: “It is not going to happen.”