India, Feb. 11 -- Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said that Russia would take military 'countermeasures' if the West boosts its own military footprint on Greenland.

"Of course, in the event of the militarisation of Greenland and the creation of military capabilities aimed at Russia, we will take adequate counter-measures, including military-technical ones," news agency AFP reported quoting Lavrov as he said in a speech to Russian lawmakers.

"The US, Denmark and Greenland must sort this out themselves," Lavrov said.

Over the last couple of months, multiple countries in Europe sent small contingents of troops to Greenland after US President Donald Trump continuously pressed on claims to capture the Arctic island, whic...