New Delhi, Jan. 10 -- Former Indian diplomat Ashok Sajjanhar has warned that NATO could "completely disintegrate" if US President Donald Trump moves to occupy Greenland, saying such an action would undermine the alliance's core principles of sovereignty, collective security and the rules-based international order.

Speaking with ANI, Sajjanhar said statements by senior US officials questioning Denmark's claim over Greenland were alarming and revealed deep contradictions within the Western alliance.

This comes as Trump earlier said that the United States needs Greenland for national security reasons, a day after strikes on Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air For...