New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, on Wednesday (local time) threatened that Moscow will take "military" countermeasures if Western countries continue to boost their military footprint in Greenland, TRT World reported.

Speaking to Russian lawmakers, Lavrov said, "Of course, in the event of the militarisation of Greenland and the creation of military capabilities aimed at Russia, we will take adequate countermeasures, including military-technical ones."

The development comes as several European countries started sending small contingents of troops to Greenland following US President Donald Trump's repeated claims of annexing the Arctic Island.

Lavrov also accused Denmark of treating Greenlanders as "second-c...