The "whiskey war" of Denmark and Canada ends, and the two countries agree to divide Hans Island in the Arctic Circle

[Global Times Special Correspondent Li Qiao in Canada] The "whiskey war" that lasted half a century finally ended peacefully. On the 14th local time, the Canadian government and the Danish government signed a border agreement in the Canada Capital Ottawa to determine the belonging of a long -term dispute between the two parties. Reuters said on the 15th that Katana agreed to divide Hans Island in the Arctic Circle.

Hans Island is located about 1,100 kilometers south of the Arctic Point, with an area of ​​only 1.2 square kilometers. There are no vegetation and wild animals, and no minerals have been detected. The island was the hunting ground of the Newt. Prior to the Gandan bilateral territorial survey meeting in 1971, neither countries knew that the other party had declared sovereignty over the island. The island is located in the middle of Elsmir Island and Dan Island, Canada. The British "Guardian" reported on the 15th that Gandan agreed to settle the border between the Narez Strait between Greenland and Canada in 1973, but at that time, the two countries could not reach an agreement on the ownership of Hans Island.

According to the BBC report on the 14th, in 1984, Canadian soldiers inserted the Canadian flag and buried a bottle of Canadian whiskey. A few weeks later, the Minister of Denmark's Guslan Affairs of the Affairs of the Danish Affairs went to Hans Island, where he raised the Danish national flag and buried a bottle of Copenhagen Dutongzi wine under the flagpole. He also proudly left a note, which reads: "Welcome to Denmark islands." Since then, officials, soldiers, and scientists in the two countries take turns to the island to raise the flag, leaving various spirits, while pulling up at the same time. Falling the opponent's flag and replacing the national flag. The British "Guardian" stated that when a Danish soldier named Frantersburg appeared in 2002, the stone described the island's stones was covered with various wine bottles and glass. In 2005, the contradictions around Hans Island's belonging were intensified. Graham, then the then National Defense Minister in Canada, claimed that Canada had always owned the island's sovereignty, but Danish insisted that "Hans Island is us." Since then, the two governments compete for the sovereignty on the island on the island. In 2018, the two countries finally decided to set up a joint working group to resolve the dispute.

Canadian Foreign Minister Joli said on the 14th that "Gandan attaches more importance to the aboriginal people at any time and resolves differences in accordance with international law." Danish Foreign Minister Copher said that this agreement is a clear signal, and a clear signal, which is a clear signal. It shows that all parties can resolve border disputes in a peaceful way.

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