We deserve to be treated with respect and I do not think that the US president has been doing it since he took office – said the Prime Minister of Greenland Mute B. Egeded, referring to the recent declarations of Donald Trump about the takeover of the island by the United States “in one way or another.” Egeded said that Trump's actions mean that the inhabitants of Greenland “no longer want to be as close to the United States as before.”
On Tuesday, March 4, US President Donald Trump gave a speech in front of the combined chambers of congress, during which he repeated his interest in the potential takeover of Greenland by United States. During the speech he also turned to the Greenlanders. – We'll protect you. You will become rich. And together we will raise Greenland to the heights, which previously seemed impossible to you – he said. Then he declared that “he would get it in one way or another.”
Nuk, the capital of GreenlandMads Claus Rasmussen/EPA
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Mute Egeded in an interview with the Danish public broadcaster DR, who was broadcast on Monday, said: – We deserve to be treated with respect and I do not think that the US President has done this since he has taken office.
– I think that the recent actions of the American president make people no longer want to be as close to the United States as before – he emphasized. He added that Greenland should strengthen relations with countries that “respect our future.”
Nuk, GreenlandMads Claus Rasmussen/EPA
Greenland's autonomy is a dependent territory DenmarkHowever, he strives to announce independence. As Reuters notes, Egeded repeatedly repeated that Greenland belongs to her people and should decide about its future.
“A recent survey has shown that 85 percent of the Greenlanders do not want to be part of the United States, and almost half consider Trump's interests” – the agency quoted the latest research.
Nuk, GreenlandMads Claus Rasmussen/EPA
Nuk, GreenlandMads Claus Rasmussen/EPA
Early elections in Greenland
In the Greenland Parliament (Inatsisartut) planned for Tuesday (inatsisartut), six parties start, but only of them – it claims – he is in favor of an alliance with the United States. The main topic of the election campaign is the pursuit of independence, which most politicians are in favor of.
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Prime Minister Egeded, if his left -wing party IA (Inuit ataqatigiit) wins the election, announces an attempt to create a government of national unity consisting of independence groups. – I would like the new government to determine the way we achieve it – he emphasized.
GreenlandPAP/EPA/IDA Marie Odgaard
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