OREANDA-NEWS  EU leaders reacted positively to the statement by US President Donald Trump on the abolition of tariffs, which were supposed to come into force in February in connection with the situation around Greenland.

"I am glad that the path to de-escalation has begun and that (...) import duties have been removed from the agenda," Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof wrote on the social network X.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also welcomed the news. "It is important to continue developing the dialogue between the allied countries," she stressed.

In turn, Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin called Trump's statement "good news" and noted that all interested parties now need to reduce tensions and focus on the economy.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb, for his part, told CNN that the parties had reached a de-escalation, but "this is not the end yet." According to him, Europe could face three scenarios in connection with the US plans to acquire Greenland.

"A good option would be to find a way out and start the process of increasing security in the Arctic with the help of NATO. A continuation of the tariff war would be a bad option, and military intervention would be the worst," he said.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen also welcomed the fact that "President Trump ruled out the possibility of seizing Greenland by force and suspended the trade war with Europe."

"Now let's sit down and figure out how we can solve America's security problems in the Arctic while respecting the red lines of the Kingdom of Denmark," he said.

Earlier, Trump said that he had abandoned the plan to impose duties on a number of European countries in February, as he was able to coordinate with the NATO Secretary General a base for further negotiations on Greenland.

"Based on the mutual understanding reached, I will not impose the duties that were scheduled for February 1," he wrote on the Truth Social network.