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What is not absolutely clear is what the key factors were in the decision to sever ties.

If the cables are simultaneously severed, the whole continent could go down.

Instead, he urged Greenlanders to sever ties and gain its independence from Denmark, which he said had not invested enough to protect the semi-autonomous territory.

Three years earlier, Algeria severed diplomatic ties with Morocco.

All four countries have severed ties with former colonial power France and forged new alliances with Russia.