Moscow, Jan. 21 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Greenland was not a "natural part of Denmark."

Addressing a news conference on Tuesday (local time), Lavrov said that several countries own parts of colonies, which is a flagrant violation of the UNSC Charter.

"If we talk about Greenland, well, that's part of the issue that has to do with the consequences of the colonial era, starting with the 13th century. Greenland essentially, was a Norwegian colony, starting with the 18th, till the very beginning of the 20th century was the Denmark's colony. And by the mid-20th century, an agreement was signed, according to which it is part of Denmark, not as a colony but as an associated territory. It was associated with the Eu...