Denmark. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen: The USA will not take over Greenland

The Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen promised to support Greenland towards the declaration of US President Donald Trump about the gravity of this semi -destonna territory of Denmark. At the beginning of a three -day visit to the island, she assured that “the US would not take over Greenland.”

– The United States will not take over Greenland. Greenland belongs to its inhabitants – said the prime minister Denmark Mette Frederiksen after arriving on Wednesday to the capital of Greenland – Nuk. She added that this is “a clear message that would be to convey with the Greenland authorities”.

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According to Frederiksen, the situation in foreign and security policy will be discussed with the new Greenland government. – We will wonder how to meet this difficult task together – she emphasized.

Just before her visit, her arrival was criticized by Vivian Motzfeldt, a minister of foreign affairs in the Greenland government, who was not formally sworn in in the local parliament, so it was supposed to be the wrong moment. Earlier, because of the non -complexation of the authorities, Greenland refused to meet the US delegation.

The Greenland government is to be approved by the parliament probably on Monday. The future head of diplomacy was admonished by Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

Frederiksen in Greenland, previously a visit of the US Vice President

When asked by journalists about this matter, Fredriksen only replied that she would promise to do everything to help Greenland in a difficult situation in which the island found itself.

US President Donald Trump From the beginning of his second term, he talked several times about the need to take over the island.

The Danish newspaper “Berlingke” a visit of Frederiksen in Greenland, shortly after visiting the Vice President of the USA JD Vance in the American Military Space Base in Greenland, assesses as difficult. Vance criticized Denmark for delaying military investments on the island.

One of the goals of the new government in Nuuk is to negotiate with Copenhagen the extension of their rights as part of the Community kingdom, which is created by dishes, Greenland and the Sheep Islands. Greenland politicians depend on, among others on having a final voice in matters of arctic.

At the same time, the Democrats party, the winner of the last parliamentary elections, of which Nielsen is the leader, does not support the rapid announcement of the island's independence from Denmark, and only after gaining economic independence.